{"product_id":"9781760893637","title":"Any Ordinary Day","description":"Author: Sales, Leigh\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781760893637\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Nov 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe day that turns a life upside down usually starts like any other, but what happens the day after?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDual Walkley Award-winner Leigh Sales investigates how ordinary people endure the unthinkable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories - and a terrifying brush with her own mortality - sent her looking for answers about how vulnerable each of us is to a life-changing event. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are our chances of actually experiencing one? What do we fear most and why? And when the worst does happen, what comes next?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this wise and layered book, Leigh talks intimately with people who've faced the unimaginable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom terrorism to natural disaster to simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Expecting broken lives, she instead finds strength, hope, even humour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeigh brilliantly condenses the cutting-edge research on the way the human brain processes fear and grief, and poses the questions we too often ignore out of awkwardness. Along the way, she offers an unguarded account of her own challenges and what she's learned about coping with life's unexpected blows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarm, candid and empathetic, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis about what happens when ordinary people, on ordinary days, are forced to suddenly find the resilience most of us don't know we have.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Warm, wise and humble.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eANNA FUNDER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterfully written, revelatory and genuinely uplifting.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBETTER READING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Asks questions most of us would only dare to think.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48181177057438,"sku":"UBD-9781760893637","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781760893637.jpg?v=1787399887","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781760893637","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}