The pursuit of happiness, and why it's making us anxious, Ruth Whippman
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The pursuit of happiness, and why it's making us anxious, Ruth Whippman
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eng
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non fiction
Main title
The pursuit of happiness
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Ruth Whippman
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and why it's making us anxious
Summary
As your average cynical Brit, when Ruth Whippman moves to California, it seems to her that the American obsession with finding happiness is driving everyone crazy. But soon she starts to get sucked in. She meditates and tries 'mindful dishwashing'. She attends a self-help course that promises total transformation (and learns that all her problems are her own fault). She visits a strange Nevada happiness dystopia (with one of the highest suicide rates in America), delves into the darker truths behind the influential 'science of happiness', and even ventures to Utah, where she learns God's personal secret to eternal bliss. Ultimately she stumbles upon a more effective, less self-involved, less anxiety-inducing way to find contentment. Fantastically fresh, funny and honest, this is an eye-opening look at what happiness really means
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adult
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