- Social conditions, Social life and customs, Homes and haunts, Happiness
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries.
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Contemporary, classical in form, warm and effortless.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Helen Russell
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781848318120
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