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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.

Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Because Saunders’s words tap into a desire in all of us to lead kinder, more fulfilling lives. Powerful, funny, and wise, Congratulations, by the way is an inspiring message from one of today’s most influential and original writers.

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“As slender as a psalm, and as heavy.”—The New York Times

“The graduating college senior in your life probably just wants money. But if

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: 22/04/2014
      ISBN13: 9780812996272, 978-0812996272
      ISBN10: 0812996275
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      Ethics and moral philosophy Philosophy and theory of education

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.

      Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech was posted on the website of The New York Times, where its simple, uplifting message struck a deep chord. Within days, it had been shared more than one million times. Why? Because Saunders’s words tap into a desire in all of us to lead kinder, more fulfilling lives. Powerful, funny, and wise, Congratulations, by the way is an inspiring message from one of today’s most influential and original writers.

      Praise for Congratulations, by the way

      “As slender as a psalm, and as heavy.”—The New York Times

      “The graduating college senior in your life probably just wants money. But if

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