Happiness Economics, Shari Lapena
Happiness Economics, Shari Lapena
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Happiness Economics

Author: Shari Lapena

Narrator: Robin Wilcock

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2024


Synopsis

The riotously funny second novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying, Shari Lapena, that explores what happens when art collides with commerce.

Will Thorne is a stalled poet, married to Judy, a wildly successful celebrity economist. Pressured by a starving fellow poet, Will establishes The Poets' Preservation Society, a genteel organization to help poets in need. But when Will meets his muse, the enigmatic and athletic Lily White, he becomes inspired not only to write, but to take guerrilla action in support of poets everywhere. Poetry meets parkour and culture clashes with commerce in this hilarious look at how we measure the value of art.

About The Author

SHARI LAPENA is the internationally bestselling author of the thrillers The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, Someone We Know, The End of Her, Not a Happy Family and Everyone Here Is Lying, which have all been New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers. Her books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives on a farm outside Toronto.


Reviews

Goodreads review by January on August 11, 2024

Happiness Economics by Shari Lapeña 8h 7m narrated by Robin Wilcock, 232 pages Genre: Humor, Fiction Featuring: Parenting, Marital Issues, Family Dynamics, Poets, Economist and Author of Personal Finance Books, Multiple POVs, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Discontentment, Children, Muse, Politics, Drama Ra......more

Goodreads review by Megan on January 17, 2025

2.5 stars I went into this book blindly. Also, I wanted to read everything that is in Shari Lapena’s catalog. I probably should have read the blurb before. This is one of Lapena’s earlier works before she switched over to thrillers. I was expecting this to be a self help book about how society wants......more

Goodreads review by Lana. on August 07, 2015

While Paul was reading poetry, I was reading this: A story about a poet going through a mid-life crisis. It seemed rather bleak at first (sad marriage, parenthood, aging). But then, the whole thing became unexpectedly funny: middle-aged men acting like teenagers, teenagers creatively working through......more

Goodreads review by Gillian on February 03, 2013

Such a fun read, full of well-drawn characters. I loved that the author was able to poke fun at all her characters, especially the poets, and yet still make readers empathetic to their struggles. Happiness Economics will make you want to crack open some more poetry!......more

Goodreads review by Denise on September 06, 2013

An interesting but drawn out story of what constitutes happiness in different people.......more