Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition)

Advice from Dear Sugar

By: Cheryl Strayed

Narrated by: Cheryl Strayed, Steve Almond - introduction

Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 bestseller Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns.

For more than a decade, thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar—the pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayed—first through her online column at The Rumpus, later through her hit podcast, Dear Sugars, and now through her popular Substack newsletter. Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more readers. This tenth-anniversary edition features six new columns and a new preface by Strayed. Rich with humor, insight, compassion—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

©2012 Cheryl Strayed (P)2012 Random House

Critic reviews

“To say that Cheryl Strayed is an Internet advice columnist does not do her justice. Tiny Beautiful Things is a gob-smacking high, a brilliant reinvention of the Miss Lonelyhearts genre. . . . This collection of poignant insights into the complexities of the human heart offers a form of radical empathy and inspired compassion from a fellow traveler—one who not only feels the pain of others but leads them toward light and art.” (Elizabeth Taylor, The Chicago Tribune)

"These pieces are nothing short of dynamite, the kind of remarkable, revelatory storytelling that makes young people want to become writers in the first place. Over here at the Salon offices, we're reading the columns with boxes of tissue and raised fists of solidarity, shaking our heads with awe and amusement." (Sarah Hepola, Salon)

“In this collection of her columns, Strayed proves herself to be an astute amateur psychologist, as well as a compassionate, thoughtful and occasionally tough counselor. As with all personal advice columns, the questions that readers pose to Sugar are at least as intriguing as the answers. Strayed . . . uses her own foibles and misdemeanors to show that ‘we all suffer, we all fail, we all struggle and triumph and struggle again.’” (Cynthia Crossen, The Wall Street Journal)

Touching, heart-breaking, funny, wise...memorable

I believe my headline says it all, but let's see if I can add more praise. I just adored this book. The book is a series of letters and responses to and from an advice columnist called Dear Sugar (Cheryl Strayed). This is no Dear Abby/ Ann Landers/ Ask Amy type experience. This book is not strident/ pedantic as are some advice- givers. This is like advice from a wise and fabulously credentialed therapist/ best friend/ mom/ teacher.

I listen to a lot of audiobooks and most are not that memorable, although perfectly enjoyable. This one will stick with you AND make you a better person. There will be something there for you, I promise.

Must read!

I cannot make you realize how important it is to read this book in a little review like this. But trust me when I say, it is important for you to read this book!

Brave. Vulnerable. Wise.

Cheryl Strayed reveals much of herself in this book and how she became a person who is trusted to give advice. She has a gift for compassion and for reaching people where they are, and seems rooted in her convictions. This book is a great extension of her column and podcast.

Right when I needed it.

So amazing and unbelievably relatable in the most shallow and deep ways.
Thank You Sugar.

Comforting and enjoyable

This is the kind of book you can truly enjoy getting lost in as it's a different kind of story where there are many stories within the pages.
Cheryl's voice is comforting to say the least as she reads her own writing.

Sugar's approach to dealing with her followers with their complex and difficult situations, is not usual at all, yet perfect.

A wonderful book that I enjoyed due to Cheryl Strayed's blunt yet poetic way of dealing with obstacles and less than pretty challenges many of us face while navigating the roads of life.

I loved this wholeheartedly.

So beautiful and heartbreaking.

The writing and reading are nice but it's getting to the root of humanity that really does it.

Soul and Life Changing... Thanks Sugar!!

There's not one person on the planet that wouldn't come away from this book a better person. I have sent it to at least 10 people!

Liked it

Liked it. Asking my daughter to read it too! Very interesting perspective on life and love. Highly recommend this.

Thanks

Love it!

This book stayed on my bookstore's staff pick section for 5 months. Courtney wrote the review and her words "it's a book you'll keep coming back to" could not be truer. I have read the book 6-7 times and listened to it twice. I laugh, cry, nod my head at different and the same places every time. I talk about her thoughts with people I love and I consider her an honest friend. She's real, raw, respectful, often right and sometimes wrong. She reminds me to reach over and over again and restored my desire to "love like a motherfucker" when I almost gave up. Read it. Find the connections. They're there.

Beautiful

I absolutely loved it. I know I'll come back to this in future years and listen to it again. Highly suggest it.