Bright-Sided

I like Ehrenreich. She can seem cynical, but I really think she's not a killjoy at heart. She's an optimist of the best kind, who thinks that things can get better, but aren't going to on their own, so we might as well take a good, hard look at what's going wrong. So, if you're curious to find out what pastors of megachurches, the inane author of “The Secret,” positive psychologists, and Wall Street have in common (or if you're just in the mood for a well-written, timely, and not-too-long work of non-fiction), definitely check this out. Ehrenreich is mordant and sly at her best, which is often, but only when people deserve it (ahem, Martin Seligman).