The shelf life of happiness
By: David Machado ; translated by Hillary Locke
Contributors: Locke, Hillary (Translator), translator
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781503938052
Subjects: Unemployed; Fiction; Family crises; Denial (Psychology); Financial crises; History; Economic conditions; Economic history
Work titles: Índice médio de felicidade
Description: "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."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "Previously published as Índice médio de felicidade by Publicações Dom Quixote in 2013"--Title page verso.

Translated from the Portuguese.