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Often I Am Happy

A Novel

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Often I Am Happy

By: Jens Christian Grøndahl
Narrated by: Maya Waterman
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This elegant and nuanced literary gem explores the intricacies of friendship, secrets, and two marriages, for fans of The Dinner and Dept. of Speculation.

"Often I am happy and yet I want to cry; / For no heart fully shares my joy." (B. S. Ingemann)

Ellinor is 70. Her husband, Georg, has just passed away, and she is struck with the need to confide in someone. She addresses Anna, her long-dead best friend, who was also Georg's first wife. Fully aware of the absurdity of speaking to someone who cannot hear her, Ellinor nevertheless finds it meaningful to divulge long-held secrets and burdens of her past: her mother's heartbreaking pride; Ellinor's courtship with her first husband; their seemingly charmed friendship with Anna and Georg; the disastrous ski trip that shattered the two couples' lives. Wry and mellow yet infused with subdued emotion, this philosophical, lyrical novel moves in parallel narrative threads while questioning the assumptions we cherish concerning identity and love.

©2017 Jens Christian Grøndahl (P)2017 Hachette Audio
Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Marriage Happiness
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