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Title	:	The Pursuit of Happiness
Author	:	Douglas Kennedy
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 656 pages
Published	:	May 2nd 2002 by Arrow (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance

The Pursuit of Happiness

Douglas Kennedy

Paperback | Pages: 656 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 4896 Users | 438 Reviews

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Manhattan, Thanksgiving Eve, 1945. The war was over, and Eric Smythe's party was in full swing. All his clever Greenwich Village friends were there. So too was his sister Sara -- an independent, canny young woman, starting to make her way in the big city. And then in walked a gatecrasher, Jack Malone -- a U. S. Army journalist just back from a defeated Germany, and a man whose world-view did not tally with that of Eric and his friends. Set amidst the dynamic optimism of postwar New York and the subsequent nightmare of the McCarthy witch-hunts, The Pursuit of Happiness is a great tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random workings of destiny.

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Original Title:	The Pursuit of Happiness
ISBN:	0099439840 (ISBN13: 9780099439844)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Manhattan, New York City, New York,1945(United States)
Literary Awards:	Prix littéraire du Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville (2003)

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I'm so glad I found this book at the dump shop and who would've thought it'd be this GOOD!! I loved all the characters and the way the story was told. It really puts your life into perspective and makes you think about how you can never really know what someone might be going through. I highly recommend!!

Truly outstanding. It grabbed my attention from the very first page. I highly recommend.

This was my fifth Douglas Kennedy novel, and I was not disappointed. Kennedy is a true story-teller; I can't put his books down! The Pursuit of Happiness takes place in post-WWII and much of the plot revolves around tragic McCarthyism period in U.S. history. Young Sara Smyth moves to New York against her very staid parents' wishes where her older brother, Eric, already resides. Sara meets journalist Jack Malone at a party at Eric's house. They spend one passionate night together and fall in love

The story starts with Kate at her mothers funeral and a stranger who appears at the funeral. Then it goes back to tell is who this woman is, why she came to the funeral and what her interest is in Kate. I liked the way the story went back to fill in the background and history of Sara Smythe and Jack Malone. This is a story of choices and consequences that have far reaching effects on others. The characters are complex and well portrayed. Even if I didnt agree with their choices, it was easy to

This was a 99cent special from Nook so I didn't know much about it when I started reading it, but I got so completely absorbed in the story that I couldn't put it down. It's about 500 pages and I read it in about a week. Rarely do I get so engrossed in a book but it was heartfelt, interesting, and good plot twists that I didn't see coming.

I really enjoyed this book. At times, it felt a bit light and predictable, but it dealt with a very interesting time and place, and Sara was a great character. Also, unlike many books I have read, it got better and more complex as the story developed. I often find that books start well and then fizzle out. This book certainly did not follow that pattern. I think I will read another book by Kennedy sometime soon.

The sharpness, the narratives, the contrast and homogeneity of post-war and post-modern eras, two brilliant defiant female narrators and all those shades of human emotions are few understatements for this book. It must have been the charm the Autumn shower did on me that I couldn't help but complete the whole thing in one read.