{"product_id":"happy-is-the-one-the-poignant-life-affirming-new-novel-from-the-author-of-everything-happens-for-a-reason-paperback-1","title":"Happy Is the One: The Poignant, Life-Affirming New Novel from the Author of Everything Happens for a Reason - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe carefully ordered life of a middle-aged man falls apart when he is forced to return to his hometown to care for his elderly father, and meets a woman who has as many secrets as he does ... A warmly funny, poignant, life-affirming novel about coming home and letting go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A moving and emotional story told with warmth and humour ... a book to curl up with and forget about the world  \u003cb\u003eEleanor Ray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A novel so full of heart it will pull on your heartstrings and nestle itself into your soul  \u003cb\u003eEmma-Claire Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gentle, poignant and often witty ... A beautifully written and intelligent novel about working out who and what really matters  \u003cb\u003eSusan Elliot Wright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e______\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if halfway through your life was just the beginning?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin Edmund Blake is halfway through his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1986, when Halley's Comet crossed the sky, he is destined to go out with it, when it returns in 2061. Until that day, he can't die. He has proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his future mapped out in minute detail, a lucrative but increasingly dull job in the City of London, and Gemma to share his life with, Robin has a plan to be remembered forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Robin's sick father has one accident too many, the plan starts to unravel. Robin must return home to the tiny seaside town of Eastgate, learn to care for the man who never really cared for him, and face the childhood ghosts he fled decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate to get his life back on schedule, he connects with fellow outsider Astrid. Brutally direct, sharp-witted and a professor at a nearby university, she's unlike anyone he's ever met. But Astrid is hiding something and someone from Robin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he's hiding even more from her... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Hazel Prior, Rachel Joyce and Jonas Jonasson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e______\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Compassionate and insightful ... the whole novel is imbued with warmth and humour  \u003cb\u003eGill Paul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A funny, heart-warming and unpredictable story of old friendships, new connections and fresh perspectives. I laughed, cried, and loved every minute of the ride with Robin  \u003cb\u003ePenny Haw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A supremely entertaining novel about the surprises and cruelties life can have in store, peopled with characters who never feel less than real  \u003cb\u003ePolis Loizou\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Heartfelt, heartbreaking but also joyful ... a master storyteller  \u003cb\u003eAwais Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Katie Allen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Heart-wrenching, warm and funny  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Emotionally engaging, witty, clever and wonderfully satisfying  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Simultaneously devastating and hilarious  \u003cb\u003eClare Allan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Heartbreaking, deeply moving and wonderfully witty  \u003cb\u003eIsabelle Broom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Darkly funny, yet poignant and moving  \u003cb\u003eAnna Bell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The writing reminded me of Eleanor Oliphant  \u003cb\u003eBecky Fleetwood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The perfect mix of clever, funny and intensely moving  \u003cb\u003eCari Rosen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything Happens for a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cb\u003e Katie\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel. She used to be a journalist and columnist at the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, and started her career as a Reuters correspondent in Berlin and London. The events in \u003ci\u003eEverything Happens for a Reason\u003c\/i\u003e are fiction, but the premise is loosely autobiographical. Katie's son, Finn, was stillborn in 2010, and her character's experience of grief and being on maternity leave without a baby is based on her own. 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