Confessions of a Reluctant Optimist

Amy Chamberlain has never been one for motivational slogans or rose-tinted glasses. She's the kind of woman who expects the worst-only to be mildly surprised when life occasionally delivers something better.

But somewhere between failed diets, disastrous first dates, and the endless chaos of everyday life, she's discovered that optimism doesn't always have to arrive in grand gestures. Sometimes it's hidden in burnt toast that still tastes fine, in friendships that outlast heartbreak, or in s...