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The year of living Danishly, my twelve months unearthing the secrets of the world's happiest country, Helen Russell

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The year of living Danishly, my twelve months unearthing the secrets of the world's happiest country, Helen Russell

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eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The year of living Danishly

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896855486

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Helen Russell

Sub title

my twelve months unearthing the secrets of the world's happiest country

Summary

When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born, or made? Helen decides there is only one way to find out: she will give herself a year, trying to uncover the formula for Danish happiness. From childcare, education, food and interior design to SAD, taxes, sexism and an unfortunate predilection for burning witches, The Year of Living Danishly is a funny, poignant record of a journey that shows us where the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong, and how we might just benefit from living a little more Danishly ourselves

Table Of Contents

Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Prologue: Making Changes -- The Happiness Project; 1. January -- Hygge and Home; 2. February -- Forgetting the 9-5; 3. March -- Leisure and Languages; 4. April -- Great Danes and Other Animals; 5. May -- Traditions and Getting Told Off; 6. June -- Just a Girl; 7. July -- Going Away and Playing Away; 8. August -- The Kids are Alright; 9. September -- Butchers, Bakers and Culture Makers; 10. October -- In Sickness and in Health; 11. November -- 'Here comes the Snow/Sleet/Soul-destroying Darkness ... '; 12. December -- Trusting the Taxman (or Woman); 13. Christmas -- God Jul!Epilogue: Made in DenmarkTop ten tips for living Danishly; Acknowledgements

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