Happiness for Beginners
By Katherine Center
- Release Date: 2015-03-24
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
As seen on Netflix - from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and Hello Stranger
Helen Carpenter can’t quite seem to bounce back. Newly divorced at thirty-two, her life has fallen apart beyond her ability to put it together again. So when her annoying younger brother, Duncan, convinces her to sign up for a hardcore wilderness survival course in the backwoods of Wyoming—she hopes it’ll be exactly what she needs.
Instead, it’s a disaster. It’s nothing like she wants, or expects, or anticipates. She doesn’t anticipate the surprise summer blizzard, for example—or the blisters, or the rutting elk, or the mean pack of sorority girls. And she especiallydoesn’t anticipate that her annoying brother’s even-more-annoying best friend, Jake, will 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.
Happiness for Beginners is Katherine Center at her most heart-warming, captivating best—a nourishing, page-turning, up-all-night read about how to get back up. It’s a story that looks at how our struggles lead us to our strengths. How love is always worth it. And how the more good things we look for, the more we find.
Reviews
A great read!
5By EgoodyearLoved it! I laughed a lot as well as commiserated with the main character.First book by her. Amazing
5By ptfkateThis is my first book by her and I loved every second. Could not put it down, loved the quirky characters and the emotional development between them, well written. Left me feeling that sweet warm hearted feeling after I finished. Can’t wait to read more.Happiness for Beginners
5By Cha113Read The Guy at the Wedding before or after this book, preferably before! I loved these characters and it gives you so much more insight into Jake and Helen’s relationship. I’m sad the story is ending and would love more. I hope that’s a great compliment to Katherine Center for creating characters you want to follow and read more about! What you Wish for is Duncan’s story and thankfully Jake and Helen will play a small role in that book. I recommend reading them all!😊1000% charm
5By Murphy105Sweet love story & powerful positivityLearned so much
5By HaileyyshayThe happiness lessons were actually so helpful to my life. The story was beautiful and I loved the characters. This author is so good!❤️
4By Jr yerenaI really enjoyed this book and loved the story and characters but the end felt rushed and I would have liked a glimpse into their future.Read This!
5By PegTeachesGreat book. This author is a new favorite of mine.I love this book
5By Abdullah KaramHappiness for beginners is one of my fav books now.Loved it
5By M382Always such a pleasure to read one of Katherine Center's books. Her flawed-but-lovable well-developed characters and storylines kept me guessing and made this book hard to put down, so ...v. convenient it was on my phone. A great vacation/airplane read.