Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness

224 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2020 by Quercus.

ISBN:
9781529412451

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4 stars (1 review)

WHAT MAKES US HAPPY? BILL BAILEY PLAYS CRAZY GOLF AND HUGS TREES TO FIND OUT.

'A warm, funny read, full of personal anecdotes and love letters to things that bring Bill Bailey pleasure' Sunday Mirror

'Very thoughtful and written in a delightfully humorous and accessible way... Guaranteed to make [you] smile' Daily Express

Is there a knack to being happy? From paddle-boarding down the Thames in a Santa hat, to wild swimming in a glacial river and cooking sausages on a campfire, Bill revels in the exhilaration of the outdoors, as well as the quieter pleasures of letter-writing, or of simple reflection.

In this beautiful and uplifting book, Bill Bailey explores all this and more while delving into the nature of happiness, all in his own, remarkable, way.

Packed with wisdom and humour, and with delightful illustrations by the comedian himself, Bill Bailey aims for the heart of pure joy …

1 edition

Down to earth, well written, and very Bill Bailey

4 stars

I really enjoyed this book.

I’ve been paying more and more mind to my own mental health over the last few years, and am on something of a journey of discovery with it. I’ve been reading and learning a lot about mindfulness, meditation, stress management, burnout, trauma recovery, yoga, and the whole gamut of topics around the free flowing concept of happiness.

This book was a refreshing break from that genre of happiness pornography.

This book is lighter than that, less highfalutin and much more fun.

Bill takes us through a collection of rather more tangible and explicit things he has found to bring smiles to his bearded face, through the lens of recounting to us the stories of how he came upon these divine-sent talismans of contentedness.

As Bill himself says in Chapter 2: “Regarding the positive thinking bandwagon, I’ve no quibble with the defined precepts such as ‘don’t …