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The Sad Truth about Happiness de Suleka Mathew

The Sad Truth about Happiness

Suleka Mathew Autor Anne Giardini
en Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 30 apr 2006

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How can a simple magazine quiz change your life? Maggie Selgrin knows. At a glance, the 32-year-old seems perfectly happy. She is the middle child in a loving family, she enjoys her job as a mammography technician and has just moved into her dream apartment. She even gets along with her new roommate Rebecca, whose job consists of devising magazine quizzes.

When Rebecca asks Maggie to take a quiz that predicts life span, things suddenly look dire. According to the results, Maggie is doomed to die in three months -- just before her 33rd birthday -- unless she can honestly change her answer to the question "Are you happy?"

In her search for happiness, Maggie becomes involved with three eligible suitors and makes a high risk move that will ultimately extend her life span. Originally broadcast on CBC Radio's "Between the Covers" in winter 2006, the release of this BTC Audiobooks recording coincides with the publication of the paperback edition as a Harper CollinsPerenial.

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ISBN-13: 9780864924025
ISBN-10: 086492402X
Dimensiuni: 153 x 128 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Prescurtată
Editura: Goose Lane Editions

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At first glance, 32-year-old Maggie Selgrin seems perfectly content. Sensible and even-tempered, she enjoys her job as a mammography technician and has just moved into her dream apartment. Then one evening, her roommate convinces her to take a magazine quiz that calculates the date of one’s death. The results suggest that Maggie will die in three months, unless she can honestly change her answer to the question, “Are you happy?” Thus begins Maggie’s quest for love and fulfillment. This luminous novel by the daughter of Carol Shields combines a spirited fairy-tale plot (including three suitors and a stolen baby) with an eloquent meditation on the true nature of happiness.

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How can a simple magazine quiz change your life? Maggie Selgrin knows. At a glance, the 32-year-old seems perfectly happy. She is the middle child in a loving family, she enjoys her job as a mammography technician and has just moved into her dream apartment. She even gets along with her new roommate Rebecca, whose job consists of devising magazine quizzes. When Rebecca asks Maggie to take a quiz that predicts life span, things suddenly look dire. According to the results, Maggie is doomed to die in three months — just before her 33rd birthday — unless she can honestly change her answer to the question “Are you happy?” In her search for happiness, Maggie becomes involved with three eligible suitors and makes a high risk move that will ultimately extend her life span. Originally broadcast on CBC Radio’s Between the Covers in winter 2006, the release of this BTC Audiobooks recording coincides with the publication of the paperback edition as a Harper CollinsPernnial.

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Recenzii

“A fully formed new voice, poignant, funny and acute.” — Fay Weldon, author of Wicked Women
“Charming…a pleasantly entertaining journey.” — Publishers Weekly
“A touching read...[that] may remind us of Carol Shields in its sensitive handling of rich characters and domestic detail.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“Giardini appreciates the difference between happy enough and deeper satisfaction, and parses these nuances with an appealingly light touch.” — New York Newsday
“Giardini’s peripatetic style reveals an attractive curiosity about the infinite variety in people’s lives, both happy and sad.” — Washington Post Book World
“A confident voice and a luminous lyrical prose style.” — Boston Globe
“Giardini deserves applause for her debut effort. She clearly demonstrates a talent for distilling moments that touch the human heart.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“First-time novelist Anne Giardini delivers a powerful story [and] a character for the ages.” — BookPage

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