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The Pursuit of Happiness: Why are we driving ourselves crazy and how can we stop?
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‘Essential reading. So funny, so relevant, so fascinating … I loved it’ Marian Keyes’A whip-sharp British Bill Bryson’ Sunday Times’Ruth Whippman is my new favorite cultural critic, and her book was such a joy to read’ Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B (co-authored with Sheryl Sandberg) When British journalist Ruth Whippman moved to America it seemed that everyone she met was obsessed with one thing: finding happiness. Americans spend more money and energy on becoming happier than anyone on earth, but yet they are some of the least happy people in the developed world. So Ruth sets off on a journey to work out what’s going wrong, and most importantly, what lessons we can all learn about what truly makes for a happy life.From nearly falling apart during a controversial self-help course promising total transformation, to investigating a ‘happiness city’ in the Nevada desert, from spending time with the Mormons in Utah to exploring the darker truths behind the positive psychology movement, Ruth tries it all. Along the way she stumbles upon a more effective, less anxiety inducing path to contentment.
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| Weight | 0.203 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.8 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
| Pages | 288 |
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| Format Old` | |
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| Year Published | 2016-10-6 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 009959255X |
| About The Author | Ruth Whippman is a British writer, journalist and documentary film-maker. Before moving to the US in 2011, she produced and directed numerous documentaries and current affairs programmes for the BBC. Her essays and comment pieces have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Independent and the Huffington Post amongst other places. She lives in California with her husband and two young sons. This is her first book. |
I LOVED this book. I found it SO WELL WRITTEN, so witty and funny and reading it I was often envious of Ruth Whippman’s facility with language. It is a hugely engaging read, accessible and so relevant … I really, really, really, really enjoyed it and am quite evangelical about it. | |
| Other text | Like Bill Bryson, Whippman has a willingness to play up cultural differences to comic effect … She also has Bryson’s sharp ear for language … With warm wit and chilling logic, The Pursuit of Happiness shows that the human desire for contentment can be manipulated and distorted until it is barely recognisable … A whip-smart British Bill Bryson. |
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