- Hardcover: 190 pages
- Publisher: Summit Books; First Edition edition (April 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671543423
- ISBN-13: 978-0671543426
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,331,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The Baltimore Sun" Rabbi Harold S. Kushner has written a...book to give disillusioned Americans something to feel good about.
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TEST The feeling that life is utterly meaningless causes pain to many...this books attempts to enlighten and console.
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ASK the average person which is more important to him, making money or being devoted to his family, and virtually everyone will answer family without hesitation. Read the first page
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Kushner suggests that sooner or later we will come face to face with the question "What am I supposed to do with my life?" This book is to help you to know that you have lived as a human being was meant to live and that you have not wasted your time. It's written in a way to help explain how to give your life meaning. It's written using the backdrop of the book of Ecclesiastes, a man who asked these questions of God many years ago. But please don't think that this is a book solely for Christians, it certainly isn't. It's message carries value for everyone and everyone reading it will take away something to help them in their quest of "What am I supposed to be doing with my life"
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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
The Author Gets a 5, The Publisher Gets a 1
1 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
The author takes you on a journey with Ecclesiastes to try to find the meaning of life. I will not spoil the outcome for you, but it is an outcome that many people who are monotheistic, agnostic or atheist eventually discover as did Ecclesiastes. The answer is applicable for any generation.
Although written by a Rabbi, the wisdom in this book is applicable to anyone of any belief. Although I don't believe that this is Kushner's most popular book, it just might be his best. He actually ends up answering several questions rather than just THE ONE - this is exceptional work.
As well written as the book was, the quality of the printed book was awful. It looked like the printer was short on ink and many pages (not just 2 or 3) were tough to read primarily at the edges. Since I generally rate a book based upon the author's work, I will give it five stars and hope that the poor quality print of the book I had is an isolated incident.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
This is the voice we need...
25 Jun 2002
Format:Paperback
I have read and enjoyed all of Rabbi Kushner's books, and everytime I read a new one I'm sorry that voices like Kushner aren't the ones we hear blared through tv and radio. Why do the Jerry Falwells and Laura Schlessingers get a bigger audience than Kushner, who has a gentle and humanistic approach to spiritual matters? Is it because, as he says in this book, a life of value has nothing to do with fame or money, and knowing this, he doesn't have the desire to be a celebrity pundit? I wonder.
As with all of his books, "When All You're Ever" is gracefully written and brief, and thus hard to put down (I read it over a Sunday afternoon and evening.) Despite its brevity, it touches on many relevant themes, from ennui to materialism to biblical relevance in modern lives. He frames these discussions around the story of Ecclesiastes, which has always been one of my favorite books of the bible. Until I read Kushner's perspective, I didn't realize why. Unlike so many books of the bible, Ecclesiastes is written by someone who lacks purpose in life, and comes to appreciate the small pleasures. It lacks much of the fire and brimstone of other parts of the OT, and therefore has more to say to the modern reader than the more archaic (and spiritually immature) sections.
All of Kushner's books are wonderful. Read them!
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Beyond any self-help book
23 July 2000
Format:Paperback
I wish everyone would read this book and the world would be a much better place! This book is so inspiring for the person with a negative outlook on life. I read this book and wanted to invest more time in bettering my relations with people who are important in my life, and it gave me a different outlook on the importance and the impact I can make on other peoples lives. To give more of myself in relations with everyone. It is so well written, I think Harold Kushner has a gift from God that he is sharing all his insight with us. Everything he says, is beneficial to anyones belief. Very, very inspiring I am buying it for all my friends and family to read.
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