Ripped apart by Portugal’s financial crisis, Daniel’s family is struggling to adjust to circumstances beyond their control. His wife and children move out to live with family hours away, but Daniel believes against all odds that he will find a job and everything will return to normal.
Even as he loses his home, suffers severe damage to his car, and finds himself living in his old, abandoned office building, Daniel fights the realization that things have changed. He’s unable to see what remains among the rubble―friendship, his family’s love, and people’s deep desire to connect. If Daniel can let go of the past and find his true self, he just might save not only himself but also everyone that really matters to him.
Heads up for language. This is just a heads up to others trying to decide if they should get this for kindle first. This book uses vulgur langauge. Not a problem for many but that is a huge turn off for me. I also find it very distracting reading the book that It makes it hard to read. I understand times may have changed. Some novels read like blog posts it’s hard to get through them. This one is better written compared to some contemporary novels but the language is just a bit much.
No place on my [book] shelf…. The writing as well as translation of “The Shelf Life of Happiness” are excellent. Often a translated book can mean issues for the reader, awkward lines, whether prose or dialogue, etc. These are not the case at all with this title. If you are less inclined to read a translated work, I can allay your fears about that point, as it is immensely readable. Despite this, the language was truly rough. Due to the harsh circumstances of the novel, it makes sense that some swearing was…
A powerful story of hope and unshakeable faith Our lives are characterise by defining moments which have the power to shape the future either for good or bad. No one is immune. Some events are devastating with far reaching consequences while there are some which impacted us to a lesser degree. In this new book by David Machado, the author follows a thirty-seven years old Daniel who is living in Lisbon, Portugal, with his family. When a devastating economic crisis brought the country to its knees, many people found themselves without work…