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A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Short Guide to a Happy Life about?

From the author of Blessings and Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Anna Quindlen's classic reflection on a meaningful life is the perfect gift for graduation, or any occasion."Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination."In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to "get a life"--to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. "Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us," Quindlen writes, "because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives." Her mother died when Quindlen was...

Who reads A Short Guide to a Happy Life?

It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.

Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.

Author
Anna Quindlen
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780375506475
Category
health
Subjects
Psychology, Philosophy, Social_sciences
Rating
3.96 / 5 (6,217 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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