The Book of Happy Endings: True Stories About Finding Love

"This is a book to melt your heart (or someone else's!) It's not sugary or corny. Makes a great gift for Valentine's Day but don't feel shy about curling up all by yourself and having a good read/smile/dream/cry. "
~ Written on 2008-02-05

""The Book of Happy Endings" surprises. Not because it tells stories with surprising twists or turns in love, but because it tells truly human love stories and makes those life & love-affirming twists and turns so natural and graceful that you feel you have lived it yourself.

Valmorbida adeptly relates stories of love at various ages, in various cultures, and countries, and does so with great insight and expertise, in different formats, never making the series feel like "variations on a theme of love." It is a truly enjoyable book."
~ Written on 2007-06-29

"You and Your Wedding (July 2007) cites Elise Valmorbida's The Book of Happy Endings as "No1 BEST HONEYMOON READ" -- but you don't have to be on a honeymoon to relish this life-affirming book. "
~ Written on 2007-06-19

"I just loved them! The first time I was carried swiftly along by the narrative itself and just had to get to the "happy ending". The second time I relished the sheer brilliance of Valmorbida's story-telling technique; her language is compact and so evocative, and the structure of each story is tight and very effective. These are beautiful short stories."
~ Written on 2007-05-12

"Wounds are wound into the poetry of real life in this delightful yet heartfelt collection of the many kinds of love across time and cultures.
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~ Written on 2007-04-30