Since November 2009Book Cover: Secrets To Happiness by Sarah Dunn
April 8th, 2010 by Leah
I’ve heard some fab things about Sarah Dunn’s novel Secrets To Happiness so when I saw it was going to be released in the UK, I was thrilled. It’s due out on 25th November and I can’t wait for it’s release. One of the things I fell in love with about the novel was the American cover so I’m rather disappointed that the UK version is a bit… well, crap. Having a proper girl, dog and taxi against a fake backdrop looks horribly tacky and I much prefer the simple dog on it’s back USA cover. (I feel a Cover Wars coming on!) Here’s the synopsis, anyway:
Holly Frick just went through the worst kind of divorce: the one where you’re still in love with the person divorcing you. Facing up to life on her own, she needs a distraction to keep her mind off her own non-existent love life.
Like Jane Austen’s Emma Woodhouse, Holly is intimately involved in the lives of those closest to her, and now she feels compelled to give advice with unwavering moral certainty. And, like Emma, she is often completely off the mark. Soon she’s in over her head, advising her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend while at the same time falling for her married friend’s new lover. Until, happiness arrives from a very unexpected source . . .
With a contemporary twist on Woody Allen’s Manhattan, Secrets to Happiness is a hilarious look at the things people will do to be happy.
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I agree, not liking this cover v much!
I’m not too keen, but I want to see the American one now! The book sounds good though.
I’d love to see a post on what you think makes a good cover. Authors generally don’t get much say in them, but that doesn’t mean we’re not desperately curious to know what appeals (or doesn’t).
Hi Sarah,
For this cover, I think its just the mix of real and fake. It would look quite cool if they real bits were drawn too. For me, I don’t really like real life on a cover, it looks too much like a film cover (I don’t really like it when they make book covers related to the film - like Sophie Kinsella’s shopaholic with the actress on the front). But that’s only my opinion
I like this cover and the book sounds good, Looking forward to reading it, pity we’ve got so long to wait till it comes out though.