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