Happiness for Beginners (CD-Audio)

from kimkimkim

Helen is thirty-two years old, recently divorced, a first-grade school teacher, not the most athletically inclined individual, nor the most socially outgoing. Nevertheless, Helen is going to do something for herself, but she is not booking a stay at a spa or going globetrotting. She is going on a...

from alanna1122

I'll admit right up front that I am a fan of Katherine Center. I think at this point I have read all of her novels. She is a very dependable read. Her characters are fun, usually somewhat quirky and pretty easy for me to identify with. Happiness for Beginners delivers on all these points. I reall...

from debnance

I love the way Katherine Center tells a story. Her characters are people that inhabit my world; they suffer yet they laugh, too. This is the story of an unlikely romance. Helen sets off on a wilderness-survival course and, to her surprise, finds that her little brother's friend, who has long had ...

from kremsa

Thank you to Goodreads for the win and Martin's Pres for sending the ARC of Happiness for Beginners. I enjoyed reading this chick lit novel about a thirty something woman embarking on a 3 week group wilderness journey as a means of pulling her life back together following the break-up of her marr...

from tjsjohanna

Helen is trying desperately to bring some control back into a life that has slipped through her fingers. She views survival training as a chance to take back her life and gain strength. But she doesn't count on falling in love with her younger brother's best friend. I liked that Helen is pushed o...