“A special book that will make you laugh through your tears with its heartfelt take on happiness and friendship.” –Amy E. Reichert, author of The Optimist’’s Guide to Letting Go and The Coincidence of Coconut Cake TWO FRIENDS. ONE HAPPY THING EACH DAY. ONE HUNDRED DAYS. When Annie meets the eccentric Polly, she’’s skeptical. Polly is her opposite, bright and bubbly–not to mention intrusive…
TWO FRIENDS. ONE HAPPY THING EACH DAY. ONE HUNDRED DAYS.
When Annie meets the eccentric Polly, she’’s skeptical. Polly is her opposite, bright and bubbly—not to mention intrusive—and Annie doesn’‘t have room in her life for a friend like that… until Polly persuades her to join her on a mission: do one thing that makes them happy each day, for one hundred days.
As the daily challenge takes off, a real friendship begins to form, and Annie finds herself unexpectedly opening up to the possibilities of life and even new love with the unlikeliest of men. But soon it becomes clear that Polly is about to need her more than ever, and Annie will have to decide once and for all whether letting others in is a risk worth taking.
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This book…wow. I absolutely adored it. It was so very sad, yet so uplifting and hopeful at the same time. If you are triggered by cancer stories, you might want to skip this one, but the truth is, for every tear I shed, I also smiled and/or laughed. Annie, Polly, George, Costas, Max…I think I will truly miss these characters. Considering how may books I read a month, that is saying a lot. In three words, this book was charming, delightful, and beautifully written.
What a delightful book to open your eyes to experience life and to appreciate every day like it is your last. That is just what Annie needed from Polly. This book had me wanting to get up and find new ways to be happy. A pleasurable read at the beach!
Not exactly a feel good, but a good read none the less.
A young woman with terminal brain cancer is given 100 days to live. learns that is possible to find happiness realizes that doing happy things does make you feel better.
The story of a dying woman and her profound effect on the people around her, especially one troubled woman. Thought provoking and insightful.
I really enjoyed this novel. I found the characters likable and the story inspirational. My life has been in a rut for a while, and this fun read actually inspired me to seek out new opportunities. It’s easy to get weighed down by the struggles and tedium of everyday life. This book is so lighthearted, yet it reached deep enough into me to lift me above the boredom of my life. We only get a finite amount of time to live, but we get to make choices about how we live. The contagious and inspirational spirit of a dying cancer patient helped me to see that I still have time to find deep meaning and fulfilling pleasure in life. It’s just a fun read, but I feel like this book has changed my life.
Great fun yet poignant read. Good thoughts and characters
I very much enjoyed reading this novel of true friendship.
There are countless stories out in the world of someone dying and what they do in response to knowing that the end is near. They are all different when it comes down to the actual story though. I was drawn to this book first from the title. I will admit I sometimes feel like I am “something like happy” and maybe not really happy, at least not all the time for sure.
When I read what the book was about, I knew it was for me, and I looked forward to reading it. I finished it today and it was everything and more than I had hoped. The story revolves mainly around Polly, who has a brain tumor and was given 3 months to live and Annie, who had a series of tragedies in in her life. Annie is grief stricken from the death of her child, the breakup of her marriage and her young (under 60 yrs old) mom having early onset of Alzheimer’s. Polly has decided that her last days living will be happy and she is drawing everyone into her plan. She is pushy, optimistic, flamboyant, did I say pushy?, and sometimes a bit annoying, but you can’t not love her.
Polly finds Annie and decides she needs to be happy, and so the story begins. To be honest, I am so much more like Annie, then like Polly. I felt a lot of the time listening to this book, that Polly was talking to me.
The book is about so much! Friendship, Forgiveness, Healing, Grief, Joy, Gratefulness and much more. The contrast of the haves and the have-nots flow through the story also, whether that is about freedom or money or choice in medical care. The most important theme in the story is about living your days as if they were the last ones. In reality, we can’t do that. We need to work, to have money to live on, we have sadness that we have to deal with, we have pain that needs to be handled. Live is a series of ups and downs, but happiness is a state of mind, and maybe trying to remember that, we can get through life a bit easier.
I listened to the audio version of the story through Hoopla Digital. I loved the reading by Henritta Meire! She is wonderful. This was the first book I read by Eva Wood, but it will certainly not be the last. I adored her writing style and her message.
Just a great story about choosing happiness
Loved this book. Polly was such an inspiration,
I can honestly say this book changed something inside me. A well written, tender and thought provoking story that will stay with me for a long time. Please don’t miss out on this lovely, loving book.