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laurab83, August 4, 2012 (view all comments by laurab83)
It has been a few weeks since I finished The Social
Animal and I am still thinking about it. David Brooks did a marvelous job combining the fictional account of two families and studies about how people interact, the way they learn, the conditions that tend to make them successful and their relationships to each other. It was a compelling read. My 19 year old son enjoyed it as well.
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This was amazing. This is a nonfiction book filled with statistics and psychological research studies and I cried at the end. I don't even know what to compare it to. I read 100 books last year and this was definitely in the top five.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780812979374
Author:
Brooks, David
Publisher:
Random House Trade
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Psychology-Cognitive Science
Copyright:
2012
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20120131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x 0.94 in 0.75 lb
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Product details 448 pages Random House Trade Paperbacks - English 9780812979374 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Provocative and fascinating...seeks to do nothing less than revolutionize our notions about how we function and conduct our lives."
"Review" by , "[A] fascinating study of the unconscious mind and its impact on our lives...Brooks has done well to draw such vivid attention to the wide implications of the accumulated research on the mind and the triggers of human behaviour."
"Review" by , "Multifaceted, compulsively readable...Brooks's considerable achievement comes in his ability to elevate the unseen aspects of private experience into a vigorous and challenging conversation about what we all share."
"Review" by , "Brooks surveys a stunning amount of research and cleverly connects it to everyday experience....As in [Bobos in Paradise] he shows genius in sketching archetypes and coining phrases."
"Review" by , "Authoritative, impressively learned, and vast in scope."
"Review" by , "An enjoyably thought-provoking adventure."
"Review" by , "An uncommonly brilliant blend of sociology, intellect and allegory."
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