{"product_id":"a-happier-life-paperback","title":"A Happier Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristy Woodson Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Full of Southern charm and characters that will stay with you\" (Jennifer Probst, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author), this tender novel follows a young woman who discovers the family she has always longed for when she spends a life-changing summer in North Carolina--from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresent Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put her childhood home in Beaufort, North Carolina, on the market--the home that Keaton didn't know existed until now--she jumps at the chance to head south. But the moment she steps foot inside the abandoned house, she's confronted with secrets about grandparents who died before she was born. And as she gets to know her charming next-door neighbor, his precocious ten-year-old son, and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies, she soon finds she has more questions than answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1976: Rebecca \"Becks\" Saint James has made a name for herself as the best hostess North Carolina has ever seen. Her annual summer suppers have become the stuff of legend, and locals and out-of-towners alike clamor for an invitation to her stunning historic home. But she's struggling behind the façade. Becks strives to make the lives of those around her as easy as possible, but this summer she is facing a dilemma that even she can't solve. And as the end of the season looms, she is brought to a decision she never wanted to make. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs both Keaton and Becks face new challenges and chapters, they are connected through time by the house on Sunset Lane, which has protected the secrets, hopes, and dreams of the women in their family for generations. For fans of \u003ci\u003eSummer of '69\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, \"\u003ci\u003eA Happier Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis that wistful, sparkling summer song whose notes will long linger in readers' memories\" (Mary Kay Andrews, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristy Woodson Harvey is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of fourteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eSummer State of Mind, Beach House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Peachtree Bluff series. Many of her novels are in stages of option or development for film and television. She has been featured on Good Morning America, in \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTraditional Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCountry Living\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. Kristy is the cocreator and cohost of the hit weekly web show and podcast \u003ci\u003eFriends \u0026amp; Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e with fellow \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, and Patti Callahan Henry. She is also the cofounder of the award-winning interiors site Design Chic, with her mom, Beth Woodson. She lives on the North Carolina coast with her husband, son, and dog, Salt, where she is (always!) working on her next novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578493133107,"sku":"9781668012208","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/a-happier-life-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}