Dear Stranger: Letters on the Subject of Happiness

This is a worthwhile read to anyone who is frustrated with the elusive Happiness that seems to evade them. It highlights that Happiness as we are fed by society and the media and social conditioning is not the same as happiness. While not all the letters flow well in between each other they are all interesting and offer a variety of perspectives.

While I do suffer from depression and I've read this while I'm in an OK place, I would not be able to get through this or listen to any of the advice if I were down in ‘that place'; the hole we can all sink to where the light doesn't reach. Some depressive types might be able to use it as a catalyst to push into an upswing but that it down to you to decide!

It is a book for anyone though, not just people who have suffered or are suffering from mental illness, as it is a great reminder that Hollywood Happiness is actually the thing that's destroying real happiness.