Very Good Lives

Title: Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
Author: J.K Rowling
Type: Hardback
Read: 28th June
Rating: 5/5
Published: 14th April 2015 by Little, Brown and Company

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.

J.K Rowling was asked to deliver the commencement address at Harvard University in 2008. This book, is just that exact speech. It's short, but very thought provoking. I adore the HP series and J.K Rowling is a real insperation for everyone. This book just allows you to think about how you view your life and the decisions you make. It's something that will stay with you for a long while to come.

There are also some cracking quotes in the speech, some taken from the HP books and some not.

'And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life'

'Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself and what those closest to me expected of me'

The best thing of this book, all sales go directly to Lumos - J.K Rowling's charity. 

Go get it from: Amazon UK | Book Depository | Waterstones