The Joy of Small Things
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The Joy of Small Things

'A not-so-small joy in itself.' Nigella Lawson

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eBook - ePub

The Joy of Small Things

'A not-so-small joy in itself.' Nigella Lawson

About this book

'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.'
NIGELLA LAWSON

'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.'
JOJO MOYES

'Always funny and frank and full of insight, I absolutely love Parkinson's writing.'
DAVID NICHOLLS

'I loved this book . . . Parkinson's writing transports you to unexpected places of joy and comfort . . . these pages contain happiness.'
MARINA HYDE

'The twenty-first century feels a lot more bearable in Parkinson's company.'
CHARLOTTE MENDELSON

Drawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days.

Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown ('like bathing in marshmallow'), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is charmed by the personalities of fonts ('you'll never see Comic Sans on a funeral notice'), celebrates pockets and gleefully abandons a book she isn't enjoying. Parkinson's everyday exaltations - selected from her immensely successful Guardian column - will utterly delight.

FEATURES BRAND NEW MATERIAL

'A compendium of delights.'
OBSERVER

'Delightful . . . a love letter to those little moments of bliss that get us through the daily grind.'
RED

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Information

Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781783352371
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. The perfect dressing gown
  7. Always look up
  8. Plays without intervals
  9. Kissing
  10. Fonts
  11. Cover versions
  12. Ice-cream vans
  13. Clean bedding
  14. The all-day breakfast
  15. Petting cats
  16. Window seats
  17. Pockets
  18. Autumn leaves
  19. Private jokes
  20. Petrichor
  21. Techno music
  22. Foreign idioms
  23. Recovering from a cold
  24. Dogs in parks
  25. Phone calls
  26. Reading on the beach
  27. Pattern
  28. A fit of the giggles
  29. Brushing teeth
  30. Finding lost things
  31. Being wrong
  32. Being right
  33. Red lipstick
  34. Pettiness
  35. Secondhand books
  36. Compliments
  37. Saturday’s papers
  38. Being a regular
  39. Closing browser tabs
  40. Cheating a hangover
  41. Acknowledgements
  42. Cold-water swimming
  43. Blue plaques
  44. Little acts of kindness
  45. Baths
  46. Arriving early
  47. Wallpaper
  48. Flirting
  49. Pot plants
  50. Three-minute pop songs
  51. Compersion
  52. Video games
  53. Airplane mode
  54. A last-minute goal
  55. A cup of tea
  56. Polling day
  57. Antique shopping
  58. Scratching an itch
  59. Tipsiness
  60. Being inside when it’s raining
  61. Memes
  62. Free upgrades
  63. Silence
  64. Overhearing
  65. Empty cities
  66. Staying over
  67. Massages
  68. Chocolate
  69. Day trips
  70. Gig encores
  71. Perfect pens
  72. Regional accents
  73. Setting the out-of-office
  74. Good coffee
  75. Night buses
  76. Mint
  77. The final dab of paint
  78. A Sunday roast
  79. Fixing things
  80. Local graffiti
  81. Bingeing on boxsets
  82. The sounds of sports
  83. Pharmacists
  84. The moment after waking
  85. Mastering a new skill
  86. Bonding with strangers
  87. Travelling light
  88. Being fed by friends
  89. The to-done list
  90. Caring less
  91. The smell of wood
  92. European town squares
  93. Tech reprieves
  94. Abandoning a book
  95. Playing board games
  96. Handwritten letters
  97. A clean home
  98. Favourite songs on shuffle
  99. Bumping into friends
  100. A shimmering reflection
  101. A running high
  102. An open fire
  103. Cancelled plans
  104. Going to the cinema alone
  105. Trainers
  106. Changing your mind
  107. Browsing property websites
  108. Cemeteries
  109. Tiles
  110. A trip to the hairdresser’s
  111. The sea
  112. Black and white photos
  113. House parties
  114. The journey home
  115. Acknowledgements
  116. About the Author
  117. Copyright