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The Forgotten Guide to Happiness

’WONDERFULLY UPLIFTING’ Trisha Ashley

Sometimes, happiness can be found where you least expect it…

this all embracing story will break, mend, and fill hearts with warmth, humour and love'Absolutely and completely adorable, ' LOVEREADING

Twenty-eight-year-old Lana Green has never been good at making friends. She’s perfectly happy to be left alone with her books. Or at least, that’s what she tells herself.

Nancy Ellis Hall was once a celebrated writer. Now eighty, she lives alone in her North London house, and thinks she’s doing just fine. But dementia is loosening Nancy’s grip on the world.

When Lana and Nancy become unconventional house mates, their lives will change in ways they never expected. But can an unusual friendship rescue two women who don’t realise they need to be saved?

An irresistible story of love, memory and the power of friendship that readers of and will adore.The Keeper of Lost ThingsThe Lido

warm, beautiful read‘A … tender and inspiring’ Goodreads Reviewer

A truly delightful story about love, friendship and figuring out what matters the most.‘ It wraps itself around you like a warm, comforting blanket and it made me chuckle, a little emotional at times but in the end, pretty happy’ Goodreads Reviewer

5* out of 5*‘I wholeheartedly recommend this book to other readers. I can’t wait to see what comes next from this fantastic author. ’ The Ginger Book Geek

left me with a massive smile on my face‘An enchanting, thought-provoking read which ’ The Writing Garnet

Oh boy did this novel warm my heart from the top of my head to the tips of my toes‘ … a different kind of love story and will definitely make you think about life, love, friendship, and what really matters in this world’ Goodreads reviewer

Endowed with one of the perfect endings‘, this uplifting book will make you happy irrespective of whether you forgot the feeling or not’ Goodreads reviewer

Readers loveThe Forgotten Guide to Happiness


Author:

  • Sophie Jenkins

Narrator:

  • Beth Chalmers

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 8 h 24 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Romance
  • Modern romance

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    Sophie Jenkins is a serial joiner of writing groups and workshops and a prolific short story writer. To encourage her creativity she regularly enters half-marathons and trains by running from her home in North London to breakfast in the centre of town with a notepad. The character of Nancy in The Forgotten Guide to Happiness is based on her experiences with her own mother, who was diagnosed with dementia fifteen years ago.

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