Perfect Happiness

by Penelope Lively

Book Overview

Perfect Happiness is the fifth novel by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively. Frances, happily married for many years, and suddenly plunged into mourning. Her international celebrity husband... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140069968
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Penguin
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Learning to move on

Frances Brooklyn has just lost her beloved husband Stephen to a heart attack, and she is adrift in the world trying to cope. Her sister-in-law Zoe, her niece Tabitha, and her adopted son Henry are all there for her, but Stephen - the memory of Stephen - consumes her. Near the end she meets a nice man named Morris, which just might develop into something, but more importantly Frances no longer has the need to dwell in the past. The future beckons. A quietly captivating, well-written novel.

Sad but hopeful

Perfect Happiness is about just that. A widow trys to be happy after her husband dies. Lively's descriptions of how time heals is comfortingly accurate.