"A Year in Denmark: Searching for the Secret of a Happy Life" by Helen Russell

The happiest place in the world,

Not Disneyland, but Denmark,

A country where there is so little sunlight that even dogs can become depressed.

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What is the secret to the Danish people's happy life?

Are they naturally happy?

What do they know that we don't?

Writer Helen Russell believes there is only one way to find the answer: live in Denmark for a year.

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From family to workplace, from babies to puppies and cows, from drugs to alcoholism and sexually transmitted diseases, from food to interior design, as Helen Russell observes over twelve months a year, these topics all collide with the inertia of life that we are accustomed to and constantly challenge our imagination of Denmark.

"A Year in Denmark" records this funny and spicy journey, allowing us not only to understand the Danes and Danish culture, but also to get a more three-dimensional understanding of where Denmark's happiness comes from and how to learn a "more Danish" way of life, so as to learn our own way to happiness.