The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Eric Weiner

335 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology travel funny informative reflective medium-paced
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Weiner spent a decade as a foreign correspondent reporting from such discontented locales as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. Unhappy people living in profoundly unstable states, he notes, inspire pathos and make for good copy, but not for good k...

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Moods

informative 73%
reflective 61%
adventurous 58%
funny 52%
lighthearted 41%
inspiring 35%
hopeful 26%
relaxing 13%
emotional 7%
challenging 4%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 19%
fast 4%

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