![]() ![]() ![]() It was the best of times it was the worst of times. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in collegethey go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea. There’s also the sudden death of a loved one in the book’s second act, complete with psychological fallout, as well as plenty of picturesque outdoor dining and leisure activities. A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from 1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. ![]() Bursting with warmth and wit, this unforgettable romance is one more reason my happy place is an Emily Henry book. Meanwhile, Sabrina and Cleo, in the book’s B-plot, suffer the pangs of estrangement - one hesitates to schedule a visit, the other feels stressed and isolated and less intimate than before. 'Emily Henry has done it again Happy Place is a dazzling, poignant love story about the people and places our hearts call home. The protagonist, Harriet, is a burned-out medical professional considering a career change. What differentiates “Happy Place” from a standard love story is how much it’s a love-in-the-time-of-covid story, though inexplicably, neither covid nor the pandemic is referenced explicitly. ![]() All romances, be they comedies or dramas, demand that their leads get vulnerable and confess their feelings before is too late. “Happy Place” is funny at points, but it is also the closest that Henry has come to writing an old-school melodrama, a heart-rending plot that struggles to express the inexpressible. ![]()
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