# Very Good Lives

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- Book: [Very Good Lives](https://www.bookquiver.com/jk-rowling/very-good-lives) ([Very Good Lives.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jk-rowling/very-good-lives.md))
- Authors: [J.K. Rowling](https://www.bookquiver.com/jk-rowling)
- Publisher: Sphere
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-5156-223-1
- Published: 2015-04-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In 2008, J. K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, Very Good Lives offers J. K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life, asking the profound and provocative questions: How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world-famous author addresses some of life's most important issues with acuity and emotional force.