Happiness Sold Separately

From the bestselling author of Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted comes a compelling, beautifully written and deeply moving story about love, loss, desire and betrayal...

Sensitive and lyrical, with moments of hilarity and pathos

Elinor's wit, as well as Winston's keen eye for humor in moments of despair, elevate this touching, comic tale above the crowded pack

A bittersweet, funny novel about the end of one love and the beginning of a new life

Lolly Winston holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College and is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Glamour, and many others. She has taught classes in freelance writing, and published short fiction in The Sun. She lives with her husband in Northern California.

Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, successful corporate career, marriage. But suddenly her world is falling apart. Now in her late 30s, she's discovered that she and her podiatrist husband, Ted, can't have children. When Elinor withdraws from Ted into an interior world of heartbreak and anger, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym - a young woman with an oddball son who adores Ted. Meanwhile, Elinor falls in love with the oak tree in her front yard, spreading out her sleeping bag to sleep under the stars. 
 
Lolly Winston's second novel looks beyond the manicured surface of suburbia to a world of loss, longing, lust and betrayal.

Lolly Winston

This debut novel is way beyond OK. It is outstanding.

An impressive debut-.[Winston] reminds us that we can still be funny, sarcastic, aware and smart, even when we are brokenhearted.

Winston writes Sophie with such tenderness, humour and empathy that she and the reader become intimate-Very good indeed.

One of the best first novels I have ever read.

Jennifer Weiner, bestselling author of Good in Bed and In Her Shoes

36-year-old Sophie Stanton has lost her young husband to cancer. In an age where women are expected to be high-achievers, Sophie desperately wants to be a good widow - a graceful, composed Jackie Kennedy kind of widow. Alas, Sophie is more of a Jack Daniels kind. Guzzling cartons of ice-cream for breakfast, breaking down in the frozen food aisle of her local supermarket, showing up to work in her bathrobe and bunny slippers - soon she's not only lost her husband, but her job and her waistline. With nowhere to go but up, Sophie leaves California for Oregon and after several false starts opens her own fabulous bakery. Juggling the success of the bakery, her friends and her new life, Sophie proves that with enough humour and chutzpah it is possible to have life after loss. And falling in love again is all she needs...

Lolly Winston

Praise for Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted

This debut novel is way beyond OK. It is outstanding.

An impressive debut-.[Winston] reminds us that we can still be funny, sarcastic, aware and smart, even when we are brokenhearted.

Winston writes Sophie with such tenderness, humour and empathy that she and the reader become intimate-Very good indeed.

This debut novel is way beyond OK. It is outstanding.

An impressive debut-.[Winston] reminds us that we can still be funny, sarcastic, aware and smart, even when we are brokenhearted.

Winston writes Sophie with such tenderness, humour and empathy that she and the reader become intimate-Very good indeed.

This debut novel is way beyond OK. It is outstanding.

An impressive debut-.[Winston] reminds us that we can still be funny, sarcastic, aware and smart, even when we are brokenhearted.

Winston writes Sophie with such tenderness, humour and empathy that she and the reader become intimate-Very good indeed.

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