Happiness: How to Build a Family out of Love and Spare Parts

By: Heather Harpham

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Synopsis: Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick 2018 An Amazon Best Memoir of the Month One of Elle Magazine's Best Books of 2017 Goodreads Best of the Month Daily Beast, &“Books I Can&’t Live Without&” Good Housekeeping, Best New Books for Summer Book Riot, 100 Must Read Books about Happiness A page-turning, shirt-grabbing true story that follows a one-of-a-kind family required to make nearly unimaginable choices Happiness starts out as a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, an out-going, theatre-performing California girl, and Brian, an intellectual New Yorker with an unwavering writing routine. But when Heather falls pregnant, their magical interlude abruptly ends—Brian loves her, only he doesn&’t want kids. So Heather decides to have their baby alone. Mere hours after Gracie&’s arrival, Heather&’s bliss is interrupted when a nurse wakes her, 'Get dressed, your baby is in trouble.' This is not how Heather had imagined motherhood. As concerns for her health grow, Brian and Heather begin a cautious return to each other. Happiness transforms heartbreak and parental fears into a lyrical meditation on love and happiness, in all their crooked configurations.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781786071385
Publisher:: Oneworld Publications
Date of Addition:: 11/02/19
Copyrighted By:: Heather Harpham
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.