Happiness Forever

Resumen del libro

A hilarious and utterly original debut novel following a woman trying to make sense of her life and herself as she falls in love with her therapist.Sylvie is only happy when she is at therapy. This is because Sylvie is in love with her therapist.

She wants to kiss her and roll around on the floor with her. She thinks about her every second they're not together (roughly 167 hours and 10 minutes per week). She's aware she has an obsession, but whether it is - as her therapist suggests - a case of extreme 'erotic transference', or a lost person's need to connect, Sylvie isn't sure.Beyond therapy, Sylvie has what she considers to be a small life: a job as a veterinary nurse, her little brain-damaged dog, Curtains, and a new friend Chloe who she met on the beach.

When the therapist delivers some devastating news, Sylvie has to imagine new and lasting ways of coping (that don't include being adopted by the therapist). Her world has begun to open up, inching beyond the fear that has confined her until now, and she must decide whether she's ready for a bravery of feeling.In this stunning debut novel, Adelaide Faith encapsulates the great vulnerability, difficulty and joy of being alive.

Biografía del autor

Adelaide Faith es escritora y vive en Hastings, en la costa inglesa. Ha publicado relatos en revistas literarias independientes como Forever, Hobart o Maudlin House, y trabajó durante años como editora en Channel 4. Su escritura se distingue por una mirada precisa sobre la intimidad, el deseo y las dependencias emocionales. Felicidad eterna es su primera novela, fue seleccionada por Publishers Weekly como uno de los debuts a seguir en la primavera de 2025 y sus derechos han sido adquiridos por la editorial alemana Aufbau. Vive con su hija y su perro anciano, Pierrot, frente al mar.