In anticipation of, so to say, “women's holidays”, I want to surprise my beloved mother, wife or girl with a good and original gift for the soul. Or maybe someone just wants to pamper themselves? In any case, these books are suitable for discerning readers who are accustomed to exquisite literary delicacies.

1. Hellen Russell, “Hugge or Danish Cozy Happiness.” How I spoiled myself with “snails” all year, dined by candlelight and ... ” This is a story about a woman who traded her career for a quiet place in Denmark and a free life. Helen Russell masterfully describes the life of the Danes: how they live, housekeeping, and most importantly, how they remain happy people. The book is written as a blog of a person who came from another country to a small Danish town. This is a new world through the eyes of a foreigner, which tells how to achieve happiness and maintain this feeling.
2. Nicholas Sparks, The Diary of Remembrance. A very romantic and emotional love affair. Noah and Ellie - the main characters of this story - fell in love with each other as only young people can fall in love. The only problem is that they are from different social layers, but this hinders parents rather than the lovers themselves. Despite this, Noah and Ellie spend an unforgettable and full of love summer, after which a rich heiress marries a businessman, and a modest guy from the outskirts remains in this small town, builds a house and lives on memories of that touching island of happiness in his monotonous way of life. Do you think this is the end?
3. Elizabeth Gilbert, "Eat, Pray, and Love." A book for sad women who want to once again feel a taste for life. 32-year-old Elizabeth Gilbert has it all: husband, good job, home. But She is unhappy. The main character divorces her husband and devotes a year to traveling the world, tasting new food, meeting people. In the end, the journey brings her to India, where she learns the philosophy of yoga, finds a spiritual teacher, finally finding peace of mind. Another succession follows, she finds love. Now that same middle-aged lady clogged up with routine is the happiest woman.
4. Lisa Si, “Snow Flower and the Treasured Fan”. An elegant novel about a country with a thin but strict organization - China. Lily, a girl from a poor family, was able to reach heights, becoming an influential and successful lady from high society. This is a story about friendship, struggle and fortitude, a confession of a woman who went through all stages of life to achieve her happiness. The book will serve as a good motivation for great achievements.
5. Fredrik Begbeder, “Love lives for three years”. Journalist Marc Morronier diligently proves his theory that love has been around for three years. First, lovers have passion, then tender friendships, and, in the end, they get bored, people disperse. On the example of his life, Mark proves the viability of his hypothesis, but Alice meets him on the way, and the man himself does not notice how his house of cards collapses.
6. Yanush Vishnevsky, “Loneliness in the network”. Being at a distance, a man and a woman fall in love, chatting with each other. Yakub tells the virtual interlocutor about his life, who he is and what he does, and she talks about her. In parallel with this, the novel shows their reality with their concerns and problems. However, this is not a banal little book for the evening about eternal love that ensued in the network. The author does not consider his audience to be primitive gossips and loads it in full, touching upon the most complicated moral, ethical, religious and scientific issues of our time, which are almost more interesting than the plot.
7. Inna Shulzhenko, "Eternity for temporary use." Paris! The city of romance and love, which is desperately shuffling the fate of the main characters. Artist in love, florist, student, orphaned guy. What is hiding under such common names? How did the French capital help them out of a difficult situation? In addition to the exciting storylines, you are surrounded by magnificent views from the banks of the Seine and the Montmartre cafes.

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