- Title:
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So Happy It Hurts
- Written by:
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Anneliese Mackintosh
- Read by:
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Colleen Prendergast
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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8 hours 40 minutes
- Published:
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May 28 2018
- Available Date:
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May 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489441737
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary; Contemporary Fiction; Romantic Comedy
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
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A laugh-out-loud funny and emotionally honest portrayal of a woman reflecting on her life and – trying – to make it better.
'I want to be a good person. And I want to be happy. So happy it hurts. I need you to help me with that.’
Ottila McGregor is 30 years old and has decided it’s time to sort her life out. She’s going to quit drinking, stop cheating and finally find true happiness. Easy, right?
Of course not.
For a start, there’s Grace, her best friend, who believes self-improvement is for people in their 40s. Next there’s Mina, her sister, who is mentally ill, and it might be Ottila’s fault. And then there’s Thales, the Greek guy who works in the hospital cafeteria. He's probably the best, most dangerous person Ottila’s ever met.
To make sense of it all, Ottila keeps a scrapbook of everything: emails, receipts, tickets, letters, her therapy transcripts, a boyfriend's note rescued from the bin ... The result is an infectious one-off of a novel that makes you wince and laugh in equal measure, and which asks the question: what does it take to be so happy it hurts?
'Funny, bleak and heart-warming, sometimes all at the same time.'
The Daily Mail
'[A] raw, funny and untidily generous novel ...'
The Guardian
'Mackintosh is a real talent.'
The Independent