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In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, Very Good Lives offers J.K. Rowling''s words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life, asking the profound and provocative questions: How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others?

Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world-famous author addresses some of life''s most important issues with acuity and emotional force.

Very Good Lives

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    A Hardback by J. K. Rowling, Joel Holland

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 14 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9781408706787
      978-1408706787
      ISBN-10 1408706784
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, Very Good Lives offers J.K. Rowling''s words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life, asking the profound and provocative questions: How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others?

      Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world-famous author addresses some of life''s most important issues with acuity and emotional force.

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