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Happy Place: A shimmering new novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry

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Harriet is a people pleaser, she will tell her friends she's doing just fine and dandy when really she's struggling, because she wants to make sure everyone else around her is happy before she is. Harriet is a surgical resident who has lost love with her job, but she won't tell anyone because she doesn't want to let those down around her who have supported her for years. Harriet's parents sacrificed so much for her to be a surgeon, but when she doesn't find happiness waking up early and going to But it’s not. It’s been growing there for a while, this new room in my heart, this space just for Wyn that I carry with me everywhere I go." Let the law of attraction work for you by adopting its basic steps of identifying and visualizing the things you desire. Then use 45 practical meditation techniques included in the book to achieve awareness. By concentrating your positive energy on obtaining your wants, you’ll give yourself permission to receive them. this book is for the girls who worry and worry, worry if they’re good enough, worry if they’ve achieved enough, worry if they’re enough. worry if they love people too much, worry if they love people too little. worry if they’re a catalyst for something bad that happens. worry if they’re too temporary or maybe too permanent. who have nostalgic happy moments on a loop in their heads. who feel the loneliness more with people around them than when they’re alone.

The band is 34 years old, but Take That feel they’re just getting started. In this chat with Fearne, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, and Howard Donald, reveal if they can see themselves on stage well into their 70s and 80s...the friend group/friend dramas/all that shit. i’m not sure what sense of surprise or whatever was meant to be here, but it was painfully obvious from the beginning that they all had their own shit going on. i gave sabrina the benefit of the doubt, but god she’s insufferable. i can understand some people needing more control and having that sort of personality quirk - we all have them - but this is an INNATE characteristic in a person and they either would have run into a problem with it earlier if they had incompatible or clashing personalities for friends, or they would have made different friends. it’s so stupid that it’s happening now. and at the same time, i don’t care. And it feels like taking a shot of tequila every time I hear it. Like I could get drunk on the sound of you. Or hungover when I go too long without you." Without even trying, I knew exactly where he was at all times, could likely cover my eyes, get spun around, and still point to him on the first try.” Despite these issues, Henry’s skill at creating compelling, complex characters shines through. This is the first book that Henry has written with such a sprawling ensemble cast, and she is a master at teasing out the tensions between characters. Though some of her characters — such as Parth and Kimmy, the partners of Harriet’s two best friends — feel a little underdeveloped (which is understandable given the number of balls that Henry juggles in this book), the ensemble cast is gloriously messy and perfectly shows the pains of growing up and growing apart. i’m sure i forgot something and i’ll definitely come update this but at the end of it i do still love emily henry as an author and i will continue to read whatever she publishes.

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college, they go together like peanut butter and jelly, honey and tea, but now for reasons they won't discuss, they don't belong together anymore. Harriet and Wyn were newly weds, but never had a formal wedding. Fast forward a little bit, Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago and still haven't told their best friends. Harriet and Wyn decide to make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual week long vacation with their best friends at the cottage in Maine that has been their happy place for so long. Harriet didn't expect to see Wyn at the cottage, but they later learn the cottage they have gone to for years is going up for sale, so Harriet and Wyn decide to lie through their teeth for the best friend's sake of having one last happy week at their happy place. Despite lying, Harriet and Wyn are trying not to notice how desperately they still want one another. Happy Place is told in a past tense and a now timeline. We get a glimpse of Harriet and Wyn when they first met, and how this group of best friends grew up together. my eyes were rolling. if that old wives tale about the wind is true, i’d be so blind rn i wouldn’t have been able to finish reading the book. When he promised to love me forever, I believed him. That was what made me the angriest, with both of us.” My happy places, physical and mental are the parks and gardens of buddhist and taoist temples in SE-Asia. I’ve spend there a lost of time during my trips and visits of my wifes family. If I have stress or feel uncomfortable I do a small meditation and can instantly travel there in my mind, which makes me feel totally comfortable calm and relaxed. Reply Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.people 😭 I saw a woman rowing a boat for a man while he was sunbathing and thought "harriet behaviour" preface: i rated this book on a completely different scale from emily henry’s other books or romance books in general. the reason why i loved this book so much, was not the romance but harriet’s introspection and character. its tones were much more subtle and nuanced, much reminiscent of a lit fic in some parts. harriet is me, i am her. she puts other peoples needs and feelings before her own to keep the peace, the way she has an inability to show others her emotions, especially during the break up bc she fears she will be a burden really hit close to home. her character was frustrating at times, but nonetheless she was so loveable and understandable bc her upbringing and family dynamic affected her as she grew up. she was never taught how to fight with the ones she loves and that took a toll on the way she communicates in relationships. but i just constantly wanted to grab her by the shoulders, shake her and scream “ YOU ARE ENOUGH” i love her character sm, it was definitely bc i related to her in an unnerving way *cough* i also hate my job. her love for wyn was devastatingly beautiful, the way she loves and feels is so deep. i really wanted this to be a book i would feel so connected to, and would always stay with me, but it’s not one of those books. don’t get me wrong, the book was painful at times. the writing was absolutely beautiful and some quotes hit me very hard, but i have many issues with the book that ultimately made it fall a bit short for me.

That’s a great definition Michael! Being at peace implies complete acceptance and love – first for ourselves, then for others. This can be difficult for many without daily practice. And the more people meditate, the more it increases the positive vibrations turning the planet into a positive, happy place. The more you do that, the greater service you are to God.” ― Russell Simmons harriet and wyn are such unique characters compared to emily’s other characters. a lot of it is the same i can’t lie, but still, i get attached to them like glue. they feel so deeply and love so intensely. even though this entire book is all in harriet’s pov you still get a full characterization of wyn. and not only that. the side characters, this found family. all these characters have so much personality and depth. ugh i’d take a bullet for all of them fr. If you’re driving to work in rush hour traffic, thinking and stressing about all that faces you when you get to the office, it would be almost impossible to have a relaxed and productive day. The stress would carry through the day, probably escalating as you dealt with each difficult person and challenging situation. Then you would further increase the stress on the drive home through another rush hour of traffic and annoying drivers while you dwelled on the day at the office and stressed about all you had to accomplish.it’s this feeling like the universe is compacting around me while something in my rib cage is expanding. i’m the culmination of their lost dreams, their missed other lives, and at the same time, they’re proud of me.” there are a lot of things i didn’t like about this. my favorite part, to be honest, was emily’s writing. i love her prose and style and her banter is TO DIE FOR. it will always feel like a warm hug from someone you know and haven’t seen in a while and i’m never not going to love it. Sometimes life and other people can get to you causing you to feel stressed, anxious and generally unhappy. What to do? While there are tons of ways of dealing with this, you generally want to get to your happy place.

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