Happiness for beginners
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2020.
Format:
Book
Edition:
Second trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc:
342 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
Description
"A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can't imagine how it will be anything other than a disaster. Thus begins the strangest adventure of Helen's well-behaved life: three weeks in the remotest wilderness of a mountain range in Wyoming where she will survive mosquito infestations, a surprise summer blizzard, and a group of sorority girls. Yet, despite everything, the vast wilderness has a way of making Helen's own little life seem bigger, too. And, somehow the people who annoy her the most start teaching her the very things she needs to learn. Like how to stand up for herself. And how being scared can make you brave. And how sometimes you just have to get really, really lost before you can even have a hope of being found."--
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Due Jul 26, 2025
Subjects
LC Subjects
Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.
Camping -- Fiction.
Divorce -- Juvenile fiction.
Divorced women -- Fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Wilderness areas -- Juvenile fiction.
Wilderness survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Camping -- Fiction.
Divorce -- Juvenile fiction.
Divorced women -- Fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Juvenile fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Wilderness areas -- Juvenile fiction.
Wilderness survival -- Juvenile fiction.
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
1250765250, 9781250765253
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion questions.
General Note
May include an excerpt of What You Wish For.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even-more-annoying best friend is also coming on the trip, she can't imagine how it will be anything other than a disaster. Thus begins the strangest adventure of Helen's well-behaved life: three weeks in the remotest wilderness of a mountain range in Wyoming where she will survive mosquito infestations, a surprise summer blizzard, and a group of sorority girls. Yet, despite everything, the vast wilderness has a way of making Helen's own little life seem bigger, too. And, somehow the people who annoy her the most start teaching her the very things she needs to learn. Like how to stand up for herself. And how being scared can make you brave. And how sometimes you just have to get really, really lost before you can even have a hope of being found."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Center, K. (2020). Happiness for beginners. Second trade paperback edition. St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Center, Katherine. 2020. Happiness for Beginners. St. Martin's Griffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Center, Katherine, Happiness for Beginners. St. Martin's Griffin, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Center, Katherine. Happiness for Beginners. Second trade paperback edition. St. Martin's Griffin, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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