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    I Don't Have a Happy Place: Cheerful Stories of Despondency and Gloom
    I Don't Have a Happy Place: Cheerful Stories of Despondency and Gloom
    I Don't Have a Happy Place: Cheerful Stories of Despondency and Gloom
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    I Don't Have a Happy Place: Cheerful Stories of Despondency and Gloom

    Written by Kim Korson

    Narrated by Xe Sands

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    Aside from her father wearing makeup and her mother not feeling well (a lot), Kim Korson's 1970s suburban upbringing was typical. Sometimes she wished that her brother were an arsonist just so that she'd have a valid excuse to be unhappy. And when life moves along pretty decently-she breaks into show business, gets engaged in the secluded jungles of Mexico, and moves her family from Brooklyn to dreamy rural Vermont-the real despondency sets in. It's a skill to find something wrong in just about every situation, but Kim has an exquisite talent for negativity. It is only after half a lifetime of finding kernels of unhappiness where others find joy that she begins to wonder if she is even capable of experiencing happiness.

    In I Don't Have a Happy Place, Kim Korson untangles what it means to be a true malcontent. Rife with evocative and nostalgic observations, unapologetic realism, and razor-sharp wit, I Don't Have a Happy Place is told in humorous, autobiographical stories. This fresh yet dark voice is sure to make you laugh, nod your head in recognition, and ultimately understand what it truly means to be unhappy. Always.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 14, 2015
    ISBN9781494578459
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    Kim Korson

    Kim Korson is a writer, originally from Montreal, Canada. Kim now lives in Southern Vermont with her husband and two kids. She doesn’t get out much.

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      Kim Korson looks back over her life from her childhood in Montreal, Canada on in I DON’T HAVE A HAPPY PLACE. Hails to familiar childhood staples like BJ & the Bear, The Bionic Man, Fun Dip and the fruit shaped powder candy, the music, movies etc.; these cultural references brought back many memories, some that hadn’t crossed my mind in ages. For a bit we were tripping along somewhat parallel memory lane paths. As “past Kim” grew up we started to diverge and there were times her meandering reminiscences completely lost me while at other times her memory pit stops weren’t relatable at all. When the rambling became too much or she roamed to places difficult for me to follow I found myself skimming that section.Ms. Korson’s dry wit is entertaining but against the backdrop of apathy and glass half empty, hang make that pretty much drained, I DON’T HAVE A HAPPY PLACE goes down better in small doses; especially if you aren’t naturally inclined toward that outlook.Overall Ms. Korson’s trip down memory lane was hit and miss for me. Reviewed for Miss Ivy’s Book Nook Take II, Manic Readers, & Novels Alive TV