Betty Rollin

Betty Rollin

Betty Rollin is a writer and an award-winning television journalist. She is the author of two bestsellers, First, You Cry and Last Wish. Formerly a correspondent for NBC News, she is now a contributing correspondent for Religion and Ethics Newsweekly on PBS.

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Here’s the Bright Side
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Here’s the Bright Side
  • By: Betty Rollin
  • Narrator: Pam Ward
  • Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2006
  • Language: English
  • (65 ratings)
(65 ratings)
Here’s the Bright Side is a wise, moving, and funny book about what people gain from situations of loss. Using examples from her own life and from other people’s lives, Rollin inspires readers with stories that illustrate the value that... Read more

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