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Maggie's roommate devises questionnaires for women's magazines and she is convinced her newest quiz can predict a person's exact date of death. When Maggie tries the test, she learns that she is scheduled to die before her next birthday - the fact that she has answered "No" to the question "Are you happy?" appears to have shaved decades off her life. It seems that only if Maggie can become happy in her remaining months can she perhaps prevent the prediction from coming true. Maggie's life becomes considerably more complicated as her quest for happiness attracts both admirers and challenges. But the true test comes when Maggie finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn son.
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Sad Truth about Happiness: A Novel
2011, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Sad Truth About Happiness: A Novel (P.S.)
August 1, 2006, Harper Perennial
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The Sad Truth About Happiness: A Novel (P.S.)
August 1, 2006, Harper Perennial
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The sad truth about happiness: a novel
2006, HarperPerennial
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Sad Truth about Happiness
2005, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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The sad truth about happiness: a novel
2005, Fourth Estate
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The sad truth about happiness: a novel
2005, HarperCollins
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Maggie, the 31-year-old middle child who is just a little too predictable, is ready for change. Her roommate Rebecca devises questionnaires for women's magazines, and she is convinced her newest one can predict the exact date of death of anyone who answers the questions honestly. Rebecca, they learn, is going to live to a healthy old age. When Maggie fills it in she is puzzled to discover that she'll live to be 132 years old, until she realises that the test is telling her she actually has only 132 days more. The fact that she has answered the 'are you happy' question with a 'no' appears to have shaved decades off her life, and she resolves to live differently; if she can become happy in her three remaining months, perhaps she can wrest her fate free of the prediction. But trying to protect her younger sister Lucy from the attentions of a spurned boyfriend, Maggie finds herself on the run with Lucy's newborn child. And this is only the beginning of her problems!
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