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Happy Place

Emily Henry

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 3.9 (1.1K on Hardcover)

401 pages · Released Apr 25, 2023

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Happy Place parent’s guide: what’s inside

High confidence

Violence

LGBTQ+ themes

Scary or mature

What it offers

Educational value

A note for parents

Happy Place is a contemporary romance novel for adults centered on themes of vulnerability, communication, and second chances. While marketed as a lighter beach read, it contains adult sexual content and assumes reader maturity around relationship dynamics and emotional complexity. The language and substance use are relatively mild for adult fiction but make this inappropriate for younger teens.

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From the publisher

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. “The beach-read master hooks us again."—People Harriet and Wyn have been th... #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. “The beach-read master hooks us again."—People Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t. They broke up five months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week…in front of those who know you best?

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  • Fiction
  • Strong Character Development
  • Loveable Characters
  • Character driven
  • Diverse Characters
  • Not Diverse Characters
  • A mix driven
  • Unloveable Characters
  • Weak Character Development
  • Plot driven
  • chicklit
  • emotional

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ISBN 9780593441275 · Penguin

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