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Book Review of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
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When Rabbi Harold S. Kusher discovers that his son has a progeria, a disease that causes advanced aging, and that he would die as a teenager his way of looking at God and Tragedy changed. In this book he endeavors to teach us all that he learned about dealing with tragedy. He offers a comforting message of love, forgiveness and how to cope when the world becomes unbearable.
I never read self-help books, but I read this at the insistance of one of my best friends, Komal, and I'm glad that I took her advice. It was easy to read, and Mr. Kusher writes in a simple, honest way that is free of bias.
I think that this book has changed the way I look at the world and God and that it will definitely help me to deal with tough times in the future.