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The sad truth about happiness : a novel

Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships, and ready for a change. But when she takes a quiz in a magazine that promises to predict the date of a person's death, she's shocked to learn she's going to die before her next birthday unless she can somehow discover contentment in life. What ensues is a quirky and satisfying journey in pursuit of true happiness, a quest that leads to unexpected joys and perceptions.

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  • "Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships, and ready for a change. But when she takes a quiz in a magazine that promises to predict the date of a person's death, she's shocked to learn she's going to die before her next birthday unless she can somehow discover contentment in life. What ensues is a quirky and satisfying journey in pursuit of true happiness, a quest that leads to unexpected joys and perceptions."@en
  • "A beautiful and affecting novel -- bittersweet and comic -- on the elusive nature of happiness Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships, and ready for a change. But when she takes a quiz in a magazine that promises to predict the date of a person's death, she's shocked to learn she's going to die before her next birthday unless she can somehow discover contentment in life. What ensues is a quirky and satisfying journey in pursuit of true happiness, a quest that leads to unexpected joys and perceptions."@en
  • "Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships and ready for change. When a quiz predicts that her death will occur before her next birthday, it seems that becoming happy will prevent the prediction from coming true. Maggie's life becomes considerably more complicated as she embarks on a quest for happiness -- esprecially when she finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn son. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language."@en
  • "Maggie's roommate devises questionnaires for women's magazines and she is convinced her newest quiz can predict a person's exact date of death. When Maggie tries the test, she learns that she is scheduled to die before her next birthday - the fact that she has answered "No" to the question "Are you happy?" appears to have shaved decades off her life. It seems that only if Maggie can become happy in her remaining months can she perhaps prevent the prediction from coming true. Maggie's life becomes considerably more complicated as her quest for happiness attracts both admirers and challenges. But the true test comes when Maggie finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn son."@en
  • "Taking a magazine questionnaire written by her roommate, Maggie learns that she is likely to die prematurely as a result of her own unhappiness and embarks on a three-month quest to change her circumstances."@en
  • "When a magazine quiz predicts that 31-year-old Maggie will soon die, she decides she must seek her own happiness in her few remaining months, but things become complicated when she finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn baby."
  • "Taking a magazine questionnaire written by her roommate, Maggie learns that she is likely to die prematurely as a result of her own unhappiness and embarks on a three-month quest to change her circumstances."
  • "Maggie, the 31-year-old middle child who is just a little too predictable, is ready for change. Her roommate Rebecca devises questionnaires for women's magazines, and she is convinced her newest one can predict the exact date of death of anyone who answers the questions honestly. Rebecca, they learn, is going to live to a healthy old age. When Maggie fills it in she is puzzled to discover that she'll live to be 132 years old, until she realises that the test is telling her she actually has only 132 days more. The fact that she has answered the 'are you happy' question with a 'no' appears to have shaved decades off her life, and she resolves to live differently; if she can become happy in her three remaining months, perhaps she can wrest her fate free of the prediction. But trying to protect her younger sister Lucy from the attentions of a spurned boyfriend, Maggie finds herself on the run with Lucy's newborn child. And this is only the beginning of her problems!"@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
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  • "The sad truth about happiness : a novel"
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