{"product_id":"9780062966643_perfect-happiness","title":"Perfect Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the beloved author of \u003cem\u003eHalf of What You Hear\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cbr\u003ea perceptive and poignant novel about a woman discovering that her expertise\u003cbr\u003ecan only get her so far in matters of the heart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte McGanley \u003cem\u003eknows \u003c\/em\u003ehappiness.\u003cbr\u003eJust ask anyone who’s read \u003cem\u003ePerfect Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e, her bestselling book\u003cbr\u003eabout how she, a busy mother and professor, used her no-nonsense positive\u003cbr\u003epsychology research to brighten her own life. She always pictured her career\u003cbr\u003ebeginning and ending in the halls of academia, but now she’s become a bit of a\u003cbr\u003eself-help guru. No one is more surprised by this than Charlotte herself, who\u003cbr\u003ehas secretly never been more miserable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough her husband of\u003cbr\u003emany years, Jason, is her partner in all things, she finds more gratification\u003cbr\u003emost evenings in a glass (or three) of Chardonnay or another scroll through her\u003cbr\u003eInstagram feed. Meanwhile, their daughter, Birdie, is feeling the pressure of\u003cbr\u003ebeing her high school’s star tennis player, keeping up her GPA, and having her\u003cbr\u003efirst boyfriend—and Charlotte, despite all her expertise, has no idea how to\u003cbr\u003ehelp her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Charlotte preaches\u003cbr\u003ethe gospel of happiness to her undergraduate students, audiences across the\u003cbr\u003ecountry, and her own online followers, she’s faced with some tough questions: What\u003cbr\u003eis happiness when the family you’ve nurtured starts to fall apart in front of\u003cbr\u003eyour eyes? When your daughter seems determined to self-destruct? When the man\u003cbr\u003eyou thought you’d spend the rest of your life with—and took for granted because\u003cbr\u003eof it—gets fed up? When all of the tools that you push to your loyal followers just\u003cbr\u003edon’t seem to work?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bittersweet\u003cbr\u003efamily love story, Kristyn Kusek Lewis explores how easy it is to lose\u003cbr\u003econnection with the people closest to us, and what happens when we try to find\u003cbr\u003eour way back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kristyn Kusek Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007002951829,"sku":"9780062966643","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062966643.png?v=1777422818","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062966643_perfect-happiness","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}