A Hundred Years of Happiness
by Nicole Seitz
Thomas Nelson, March 2009
ISBN: 978-1595545022
320 pages

Book Description: In the South Carolina Lowcountry, a young mother named Katherine Ann is struggling to help her tempestuous father by plunging into a world of secrets he never talks about. A fry cook named Lisa is trying desperately to reach her grieving Vietnamese mother who has never fully adjusted to life in the States. And somewhere far away, a lost soul named Ernest is drifting, treading water, searching for what he lost on a long-ago mountain. They’re all yearnng for connection. For the war that touched them to finally end. For their hundred years of happiness at long last to begin.

A Hundred Years of Happiness is a treasure ... a truly lovely book! Rich characters, down to earth dialogue, and a meaningful storyline make it the perfect summer read. Nicole Seitz has a way with sentences ... they flow, they meander, and they artfully weave characters, thoughts, and ideas in the most adept manner. By the last chapter I was doing things like sucking in my breath, and saying “Oooo!” It’s not that A Hundred Years of Happiness has a surprise ending, but more that it has a deeply satisfying, tender, touching, (I’m reaching for adjectives here) and poignant ending. It’s a beautiful book that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.

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