When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Kushner, Harold S.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The inspirational classic from a renowned spiritual leader that "offers a moving and humane approach to understanding life's windstorms" (Elisabeth Kübler-Ross).

When Harold Kushner's three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease that meant the boy would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life's most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. In these pages, Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. Often imitated but never superseded, When Bad Things Happen to Good People is a classic that offers clear thinking and consolation in times of sorrow.

Author: Harold S. Kushner
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 08/24/2004
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781400034727

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 39

About the Author
HAROLD S. KUSHNER was rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. The author of more than a dozen books on coping with life's challenges, he died in 2023.