summary of the geography of bliss by eric weiner

You might like this book if you liked: Anything by Bill Bryson and/or travel writing. It also gave me a hankering for more travel writing, so I’ll probably pick up Bill Bryson’s The Lost Continent that I’ve been meaning to read. In the immediate future I’d like to read more about Heathenism, along with more about Norse mythology. There’s a lot that would make for good conversation on cultural differences and philosophies of happiness.įollow up required: This book made me want to visit the Netherlands, Switzerland, Bhutan, and Thailand, and made me want to move to Iceland. Armchair traveling at its best.īook club worthy? Absolutely, in fact – I’m hoping to talk my book club into reading it. I also loved that I learned more about these 10 countries in general, since many of them (like Moldova) are places I’m not very familiar with. But within its pages you end up thinking a lot about what makes you happy, and – even more interestingly – where you might be happy. However – this is not a self help book by any means its goal is not to make you happier. This book gives you a lot to think about on both subjects. My thoughts: I’m partial to travel writing in general, and I loved the concept of exploring the happiness of different cultures: how happy they are and what type of lifestyle makes them happy.

This seemed a lot more appealing than an unstructured book about what makes different people all over the world happy.

I guess I hadn’t realized the format of the book was so cool – 10 different chapters that explore what makes people happy in 10 different countries. I’ve seen this book a lot since it came out, but for some reason was never inclined to actually pick it up and look at it. It caught my eye while used book shopping at The Book Nook. From Iceland to India and everywhere on the way back home this book is a joyously unpredictable adventure. In “The Geography of Bliss” he takes readers on a journey unlike any other where they will see where people are happiest, and why. Weiner, a self proclaimed ‘mope’ of the higest order, was growing sick of the widespread sorrows he’s come across in his travels and decided to set out on a journey to find the happiest place on earth. Synopsis (from ): Through over a decade spent traveling the globe and reporting on the world’s formost catastophes and triumphs, author and NPR foreign correspondent Eric Weiner is certainly no stranger to the planet and all of its highs and lows. Purchased From: The Book Nook in Cadillac, Michigan

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Summary of the geography of bliss by eric weiner