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Happy Place

by Emily Henry

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"A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to 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. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college-they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now-for reasons they're still not discussing-they don't. They broke up six months ago. And still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they'll all have together in this place. They can't stand to break their friends' hearts, and so they'll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It's a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week...in front of those who know you best?"--… (more)
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I cry ( )
  laureneckert | Jan 5, 2025 |
The first book I finished reading in February was Happy Place by Emily Henry. I liked it, but not as much as Book Lovers.

I read about half of Happy Place in August and put it to the side because September was starting, and I was no longer in the mood for a “Summer” book. I felt sure that I would go back to it eventually.

We had a few warm days near the end of January, and I decided it was a good time to finish that hot pink book. The bright pink cover is what made me buy the hardcover of this book, and the joy it brings on my shelf is unquantifiable.

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  pinkbookscoffee | Jan 3, 2025 |
Impulsively borrowed this novel from my friend, Brooke, and started reading it at midnight, and just finished it now at 5am. What a beautifully written story - full of nuanced characters. Definitely a lovely surprise, and NOW I NEED TO GO TO BED.

LOL. ( )
  TateTullier | Dec 28, 2024 |
Not much of a plot, just tension and flat character development. Not my favorite ( )
  Jen.Colella | Dec 21, 2024 |
DNF vid 30%. Nu ger jag upp om Emily Henry. Det är verkligen enbart sexuell spänning så storyn går jäääättelångsamt. Jag vill veta mer om de ANDRA karaktärerna, Harriet och Wyn är skittråkiga. Får jag för mig att läsa en Emily Henry igen så snälla ge mig en virtuell örfil, ok? ( )
  engdahlerica | Dec 12, 2024 |
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"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. 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... [her] dedicated readers know what to expect: wit, charm and heart, satisfying to the last page.
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A wistfully nostalgic look at endings, beginnings, and loving the people who will always have your back.
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Henry, Emilyprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Allouch, ClaireTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bernardi, TessaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Domínguez Palomo, Ana IsabelTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Enescu, RuxandraNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fabianowska, MałgorzataTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Grecu, MonicaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Τουτουντζή… ΟυρανίαTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jansson, CarinaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jelinić, TanjaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lundqvist, AnjaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Naumann, KatharinaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Simonsen, Betty FrankTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Szieberth, ÁdámTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Takio, PaulaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Vejrup, TejeTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Whelan, JuliaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Парашикова… ЯнаTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
דורית ,בריל־פולקTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to 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. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college-they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now-for reasons they're still not discussing-they don't. They broke up six months ago. And still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they'll all have together in this place. They can't stand to break their friends' hearts, and so they'll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It's a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week...in front of those who know you best?"--

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