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I Don't Have a Happy Place: Cheerful Stories of Despondency and Gloom

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I Don't Have a Happy Place: Cheerful Stories of Despondency and Gloom

When a trip to the therapist ends with the question â€œCanâ€™t Kim be happy?â€ Kim Korson responds the way any normal person wouldâ€”she makes fun of it. Because really, does everyone have to be happy?

Aside from her father wearing makeup and her mother not feeling well (a lot), Kim Korsonâ€™s 1970s suburban upbringing was typical. Sometimes she wished her brother were an arsonist just so sheâ€™d have a valid excuse to be unhappy. And when life moves along pretty decently--she breaks into show business, gets engaged in the secluded jungles of Mexico, and moves her family from Brooklyn to dreamy rural Vermontâ€”the real despondency sets in. Itâ€™s a skill to find something wrong in just about every situation, but Kim has an exquisite talent for negativity. It is only after half a lifetime of finding kernels of unhappiness where others find joy that she begins to wonder if she is even capable of experiencing happiness.

In I Donâ€™t Have a Happy Place, Kim Korson untangles what it means to be a true malcontent. Rife with evocative and nostalgic observations, unapologetic realism, and razor-sharp wit, I Donâ€™t Have a Happy Place is told in humorous, autobiographical stories. This fresh-yet-dark voice is sure to make you laugh, nod your head in recognition, and ultimately understand what it truly means to be unhappy. Always.

Country	USA
Author	Kim Korson
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781476740263
ISBN	1476740267
Label	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2015-04-14
Publisher	Gallery Books
ReleaseDate	2015-04-14
Studio	Gallery Books

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