The Signal & The Spiral

The Signal & The Spiral

Are You H-A-P-P-Y?

Book Review--Happily: A Personal History--with Fairy Tales by Sabrina Orah Mark

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Melissa A. Rosati
Jul 26, 2024
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As a high-functioning neurotic living in New York City (and who isn’t?), I don’t know where or when, but I am sure the moment I find happiness, the sinister other shoe will drop like a hydraulic crane from the 131st-floor rooftop of the Central Park Tower on a windy day.

I blame my parents, naturally.

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