Happiness for Beginners

Happiness for Beginners

2015

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Average rating3.6

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AS SEEN ON NETFLIX - AN UPLIFTING ROMANTIC COMEDY FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BODYGUARD Sometimes to find your way, you have to get really, really lost... Helen Carpenter has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Finding herself newly divorced and a little lost, Helen decides she needs a reset. So when her annoying younger brother convinces her to sign up for a hardcore wilderness survival course, she hopes the adventure will be exactly what she needs. Instead, it's a disaster. It's nothing like she expected. She doesn't expect the surprise summer blizzard, for example-or the blisters, or the mean pack of sorority girls. And she especially doesn't expect that her annoying brother's even-more-annoying best friend, Jake, would show up for the exact same course-and distract her, derail her, and... kiss her. But it turns out sometimes disaster can teach you exactly the things you need to learn. Like how to keep going, even when you think you can't. How being scared can make you brave. And how sometimes getting really, really lost is your only hope of getting found. ________ "The things we remember are what we hold on to, and what we hold on to becomes the story of our lives. We only get one story. And I am determined to make mine a good one." ________ Readers love Happiness for Beginners ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of the best reads of this decade for me, featuring an unforgettable, gutsy heroine and an equally endearing, swoon-worthy hero. What more could you ask for?' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A stupidly cute romance with plenty of humour and a survival story in the middle of the mountains... you've completely got me hooked.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book! I loved it with a passion, sometimes you start a book and you know you are going to love it, you fall in love with the characters, the authors voice and you just know that you are going to read something spectacular, well that is how I felt reading Happiness for Beginners.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. Already gave two copies of this book and forced people to read it. They loved it too.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I didn't read this book, I inhaled it! It certainly brought me lots of happiness - and more than a few tears. Katherine Center is a phenomenal author' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book completely owned me. I picked it up to read one chapter before bed to see if I was into it and it's less than 24 hours later and I cannot wipe the grin off my face. This is definitely a new top favorite!' ________ "Wise, delicious, page-turning... Katherine Center writes about falling down, growing up, and finding love like nobody else." BRENÉ BROWN, #1 New York Times bestseller "If you're anything like us, you'll read this book in one sitting." INSTYLE "A fast-paced read with sharp, perfectly written dialogue." BOOKLIST

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Center has a way of grabbing your heart and squeezing. You feel the ache of this book the whole way through. What makes it even more appealing is Helen's continual, conscious choice to not give in to bitterness or despair & to learn how to get over herself and choose to be happy.

March 12, 2021

The main character was very unlikeable at the start; I'm glad I gave her a chance.

March 14, 2021

I really didn't love the couple here—didn't feel the connection as much. But it was well written and an enjoyable book!

August 30, 2023