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Duffy is best known for her sharp insights and sharper wit, and both are on display here...Brave, understated and unforgettable' DAILY MAIL When Jack and Cindy meet at a friend's party they are immediately attracted to one another. Cindy, a celebrated mapmaker, traces the contours of their relationship, from New York to LA, from first passion to real love. After five years together, Cindy and Jack think they have tested their love to its limits. But then Cindy falls dangerously ill, and the couple must face the hardest test of all. Told with wit, tenderness and unflinching honesty, STATE OF HAPPINESS is a captivating story of love and loss from a writer at the height of her powers. 'STATE OF HAPPINESS is a sharp, sobering cocktail spiked with metaphysic, immense good humour and understanding. Stella Duffy gets better and better' Ali Smith, author of HOTEL WORLD
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"State of Happiness is a sharp, sobering cocktail spiked with metaphysic, immense good humor and understanding. Stella Duffy gets better and better."
--Ali Smith, author of Hotel World
"A fine piece of writing . . . [Stella Duffy is] a powerful talent . . . [a] tough, poignant book."
--Guardian
"Duffy is known for her sharp insights and sharper wit, and both are on display here . . . . Brave, understated and unforgettable."
--Daily Mail
"A thinking woman's love story."
--The Mirror
"Stella Duffy has written a book that is both beautiful and challenging."
--Good Housekeeping UK
"Duffy persuasively creates a wonderfully life-affirming tale of love and loss."
--Red
"Beautifully written . . . best taken slowly in order to enjoy every cadence of the language."
--Evening Herald
"There is happiness and even laughter in this beautiful, heartbreaking love story . . . a simply written but poignant document of a relationship, the bad times as well as good."
--Bibliofemme
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"State of Happiness is a sharp, sobering cocktail spiked with metaphysic, immense good humor and understanding. Stella Duffy gets better and better."
--Ali Smith, author of Hotel World
"A fine piece of writing . . . [Stella Duffy is] a powerful talent . . . [a] tough, poignant book."
--Guardian
"Duffy is known for her sharp insights and sharper wit, and both are on display here . . . . Brave, understated and unforgettable."
--Daily Mail
"A thinking woman's love story."
--The Mirror
"Stella Duffy has written a book that is both beautiful and challenging."
--Good Housekeeping UK
"Duffy persuasively creates a wonderfully life-affirming tale of love and loss."
--Red
"Beautifully written . . . best taken slowly in order to enjoy every cadence of the language."
--Evening Herald
"There is happiness and even laughter in this beautiful, heartbreaking love story . . . a simply written but poignant document of a relationship, the bad times as well as good."
--Bibliofemme
Stella Duffy is the author of seven novels and the Saz Martin crime series. She has published over thirty short stories, many feature articles, and also writes for radio and theatre. Stella Duffy was born in the UK, grew up in New Zealand and now lives in London. In addition to her writing work she is an actor and improviser.
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- Publication date2004
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- ISBN 13 9781844080236
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