Handbag of Happiness

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781743796337
  • Weight: 630g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 195mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Oct 2020
  • Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
  • Publication City/Country: AU
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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Hilarious, often outlandish and always insightful, The Handbag of Happiness is a collection of essays that flout convention and celebrate the absurd. Evoking the classic humour of Nora Ephron and the modern sensibility of Sloane Crosley, author Alannah Hill shows us that perfection isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and shares her hard-won wisdom from a career in the fashion world.
 
From The Bathing Costume of Calamity to The Apron Strings of Lament and The Brassiere of Lovelessness, Alannah shares, in her own imperfect way, how she overcame adversity – or sometimes didn’t, despite her best intentions.
 
The Handbag of Happiness reveals the black humour in modern-day chaos in these irreverent and fearlessly frank real-life stories, where life-changing moments are found in the absurdities of our mysterious little lives. With philosophical moments of gothic satire and high-heeled slip-ups, Alannah teaches us how being a little bit wrong can sometimes be very, very right.

Alannah Hill is an iconic designer, bestselling author and sought-after public speaker. For seventeen years she was the creative director of the trailblazing brand she founded, Alannah Hill. In 2015 she left and launched her own label, Louise Love. Alannah's memoir, Butterfly on a Pin, was released to critical acclaim in 2018.