Description of I Don’t Have a Happy Place by Kim Korson:
When a trip to the therapist ends with the question “Can’t Kim be happy?” Kim Korson responds the way any normal person would—she makes fun of it. Because really, does everyone have to be happy?
Aside from her father wearing makeup and her mother not feeling well (a lot), Kim Korson’s 1970s suburban upbringing was typical. Sometimes she wished her brother were an arsonist just so she’d have a valid excuse to be unhappy. And when life moves along pretty decently–she breaks into show business, gets engaged in the secluded jungles of Mexico, and moves her family from Brooklyn to dreamy rural Vermont—the real despondency sets in. It’s a skill to find something wrong in just about every situation, but Kim has an exquisite talent for negativity. It is only after half a lifetime of finding kernels of unhappiness where others find joy that she begins to wonder if she is even capable of experiencing happiness.
In I Don’t Have a Happy Place, Kim Korson untangles what it means to be a true malcontent. Rife with evocative and nostalgic observations, unapologetic realism, and razor-sharp wit, I Don’t Have a Happy Place is told in humorous, autobiographical stories. This fresh-yet-dark voice is sure to make you laugh, nod your head in recognition, and ultimately understand what it truly means to be unhappy. Always.
About Kim Korson:
Kim Korson is a writer, originally from Montreal, Canada. Kim now lives in Southern Vermont with her husband and two kids. She doesn’t get out much.
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I read a good review of this book so I’d like to read it.
Very interesting. Thanks.
Sounds like a thought-provoking book. Thanks for the giveaway.
I guess I’m not sure if I would pick this up on its’ own. A malcontent? With a book contract? Seems like things would be looking up for her! But, I agree with Kathy, I’ve seen a good review of it and it may be very interesting.
the blurb
This is a book after mine own heart.
If I were to commisserate in published form, I would have to indulge in this bit of satire in titling my work: “Hey, Life! I’m just not that into you.” subtitled “Get a clue! Your inability to anticipate, understand fully, and manifest your total acceptance of my personal perspective in your every word and deed is kinda annoying, Life. Pa-thet-ic — that’s how you seem to me sometimes…”
I am ready for this book. Bring it on! Thanks for featuring this great book, Teddy — this is the first I’ve heard of it! Cheers, Kara S