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Finding Delight in Impossible Times
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and Duke University professor Kate Bowler offers a profound, funny, and deeply human case for joy that doesn’t depend on everything getting better. ‘Bowler interrogates the idea of a meaningful life, not just for ourselves but for others,...
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From Kate Bowler – multiple New York Times-bestselling author, professor, stage-four cancer survivor and host of the hit podcast Everything Happens – comes a warm, relatable guide to discovering joy, even when life feels impossible.
From Kate Bowler – multiple New York Times-bestselling author, professor, stage-four cancer survivor and host of the hit podcast Everything Happens – comes a warm, relatable guide to discovering joy, even when life feels impossible.
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
New York Times bestselling author and Duke University professor Kate Bowler offers a profound, funny, and deeply human case for joy that doesn’t depend on everything getting better.
‘Bowler interrogates the idea of a meaningful life, not just for ourselves but for others, too. I value her work so much’ — PANDORA SYKES
'A delight from start to finish, Joyful, Anyway embodies the mix of pleasure and aching that makes us human' — KATHERINE MAY, AUTHOR OF WINTERING
'Joyful, Anyway is colourful and layered, unafraid of the occasional gut-punch of raw feeling and vulnerability - much like Kate Bowler herself' — JERRY SEINFELD
'A deeply moving everyday masterpiece. I loved it' — ELIZABETH GILBERT, AUTHOR OF EAT, PRAY, LOVE
You can't always be happy, but you can be joyful, anyway.
After surviving a stage-four cancer diagnosis, Kate Bowler knew she was supposed to be grateful. Alive. Blessed. But she still ached – for more connection, more surprise, less resentment on an ordinary day. So she went looking for joy. Not the toxic positivity kind. Not a five-step plan. But the type that sneaks in unexpectedly, seemingly out of nowhere.
In Joyful, Anyway, Bowler takes us on a hilarious and tender journey through big questions and small delights. With wry wit and deep honesty, she explores how joy can surprise us even in the middle of pain, boredom, and longing.
This is not a book about fixing your life. It is about how we can all find more and feel more, by making room for small extraordinary moments. For anyone who has ever felt stuck, who is aching for meaning, who feels undone by loss, who feels that joy is just out of reach, who wants, simply, to have more fun, Joyful, Anyway is a delicious, insightful tour through the questions that sit in the deepest part of our souls. It proves that for every time we ask: Is this it? Joy will answer: there is more.
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ISBN: 9781037202568
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 April 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Tonic
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Kate Bowler is the New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved), among other books. Her TED talk on the topic has over 9 million views to date. She hosts the popular podcast ‘Everything Happens’ and has previously appeared on NPR, Today, the New York Times, Washington Post and Time. Bowler is an Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in North America at Duke Divinity School. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband, Toban, and son, Zach.
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