what we MUST do to get on and go on with our lives" (43).
Such snappy writing may not go too deeply into the complexities of modern life, but it is the complexities of modern life which have led to the creation of the self-help book industry in the first place. Modern life is so complicated, so full of anxiety, confrontation, disappointment, confusion, fear, rage, hope and lost hope, illusion and disillusionment, not to mention, crime, and uncertain economic future, drugs, TV, and a host of other distractions and bewilderments.
Therefore, it is no wonder that human beings by the millions purchase such books as Brown's in order not only to be inspired, but perhaps just as importantly, or even
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