A Way to Be Happy
Overview
Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize
Short stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness.
On New Year's Eve, a pair of addicts robs a string of high-end parties in order to fund their own recovery. A recently separated woman relocates to a small northern town, where she receives a life-changing visitation, and a Russian hitman, suffering from a mysterious lung ailment, retrieves long-buried memories of his past. In the nineteenth century, a disparate group of women coalesce in the attempt to aid a young girl in her escape from a hospital for the insane. These are but some of the remarkable characters who populate these stories, all of them grappling with conflicts ranging from mundane to extraordinary. Caroline Adderson's A Way to Be Happy considers what it means to find happiness--and how often it comes through the grace of others.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781771966221
- ISBN-10: 177196622X
- Publisher: Biblioasis
- Publish Date: September 2024
- Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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