Happiness The Crooked Little Road to Semi Ever After

An Amazon Best Memoir of the Month One of Elle Magazine''s Best Books of 2017Goodreads Best of the MonthDaily Beast, ",Books I Can''t Live Without",Good Housekeeping, Best New Books for Summer Book Riot, 100 Must Read Books about HappinessHow to Build a Family Out of Love and Spare Parts starts out as a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, an out-going, theatre-performing California girl, and Brian, an intellectual New Yorker with an unwavering writing routine. But when Heather falls pregnant, their magical interlude abruptly ends-Brian loves her, only he doesn''t want kids. So Heather decides to have their baby alone. Mere hours after Gracie''s arrival, Heather''s bliss is interrupted when a nurse wakes her, ''Get dressed, your baby is in trouble.'' This is not how Heather had imagined motherhood. As concerns for her health grow, Brian and Heather begin a cautious return to each other. How to Build a Family Out of Love and Spare Parts transforms heartbreak and parental fears into a lyrical meditation on love and happiness, in all their crooked configurations.