
A Way to Be Happy
by Caroline Adderson
Title:
A Way to Be Happy
Author:
Caroline Adderson
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
240 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
Biblioasis
ISBN-13:
9781771966221
EAN:
9781771966221
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
362
Dimensions (mm):
203 x 136 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize A Globe 100 Best Book of 2024 A CBC Best Fiction Book of the YearShort stories about disparate characters consider what it means to find happiness.On New Years 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 Addersons A Way to Be Happy considers what it means to find happinessand how often it comes through the grace of others.












