Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy
Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant · 2017
🎙 Narrated by Elisa Donovan
83/100
👍 Worth It
Sandberg's grief after her husband's sudden death is the emotional core here, and pairing it with Adam Grant's research gives the book real teeth beyond memoir — the "three Ps" framework is genuinely useful for anyone supporting someone through loss. A few reviewers noted the transitions between personal story and research can feel a little abrupt, but it doesn't derail the book. Elisa Donovan's narration handles the material well.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Centers on the sudden death of a spouse and the grieving process; emotionally heavy though not graphic. We still scored it 83; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: good Elisa Donovan narrates the primary Random House/Penguin Audio edition with no notable complaints on record.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing80
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit85
Human-eye read85
Penny’s verdict83
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