The Sad Truth About Happiness - A Novel

A beautiful and affecting novel -- bittersweet and comic -- on the elusive nature of happiness Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships, and ready for a change. But when she takes a quiz in a magazine that promises to predict the date of a person''s death, she''s shocked to learn she''s going to die before her next birthday unless she can somehow discover contentment in life. What ensues is a quirky and satisfying journey in pursuit of true happiness, a quest that leads to unexpected joys and perceptions.

About the author

Anne Giardini is a lawyer and mother of three. She has written and published essays, stories, and articles on many topics and was a columnist for the National Post, one of Canada's national newspapers. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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"A fully formed new voice, poignant, funny and acute." Fay Weldon, author of Wicked Women

Product details

• Authors: Anne Giardini
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9780060741778
• ISBN: 978-0-06-074177-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION: Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION: World Literature / England / 21st Century