{"product_id":"no-cure-for-being-human-by-kate-bowler-9781846047190","title":"No Cure for Being Human","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visceral and insightful personal story of a Divinity Professor coming to terms with what life really means, as she approaches its close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA SUNDAY TIMES AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AND INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eEverything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved)\u003c\/em\u003e asks, how do you move forward with a life you didn't choose?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHailed by Glennon Doyle as 'the Christian Joan Didion', Kate Bowler used to accept the modern idea that life is an endless horizon of possibilities, a series of choices which, if made correctly, would lead us to a place just out of our reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. But then, at thirty-five, she was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer, and now she has to ask one of the most fundamental questions of all—how do we create meaning in our lives when the life we hoped for is put on hold indefinitely?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNo Cure for Being Human\u003c\/em\u003e, Kate searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of our modern 'best life now' advice industry, which offers us exhausting positivity, trying to convince us that we can out-eat, out-learn, and out-perform our humanness. With dry wit and unflinching honesty, she grapples with her cancer diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith, searching for some kind of peace with her limitations in a culture that says anything is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrank and funny, dark and wise, Kate's irreverent, hard-won observations in \u003cem\u003eNo Cure for Being Human\u003c\/em\u003e chart a bold path towards learning new ways to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375384514796,"sku":"9781846047190","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7199353482845.jpg?v=1744827231","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/no-cure-for-being-human-by-kate-bowler-9781846047190","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}