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The Book of Hygge

The Danish Art of Contentment, Comfort, and Connection

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The Book of Hygge

Written by: Louisa Thomsen Brits
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
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"One of the best guides to creating a more socially connected and rewarding life." (Shelf Awareness)

Hygge (hoo-gah) is a Danish word but a universal feeling of being warm, safe, comforted, and sheltered - an experience of belonging to the moment and to each other. When life gets hectic, work grows stressful, and the days fly by, unplug and tune in.

Hygge anchors us, reminding us to slow down, to connect with place and with one another, to dwell and savor rather than rush and spend.

When you curl up by the fire with a blanket or have a simple meal with friends, that is hygge. When you acknowledge the sacred in the secular, or focus on people rather than things, or when you express love through small gestures, that is hygge.

The Book of Hygge is an invitation to welcome abundance and contentment into your life. It is a call to live more fully by focusing on what moves you.

With instructive meditations on relishing the everyday, it is your essential guide to cultivating the coziness that has made Danes the happiest people in the world.

As seen in the The New Yorker.

©2017 Louisa Thomsen Brits (P)2017 Penguin Audio House & Home Personal Success
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What the critics say

“The most poetic of the [hygge books]; I found myself repeatedly returning to its list-like incantation of hyggeligt habits.” (Louisa Kamps, ELLE)

"Casts hygge as a state of mindfulness: how to make essential and mundane tasks dignified, joyful, and beautiful, how to live a life connected with loved ones. [The Book of Hygge] focuses on the concept’s philosophical and spiritual underpinnings rather than its quirky objects.” (The New Yorker)

“Inviting. In increasingly fast-paced and competitive America, hygge has considerable appeal; readers may very well find reading Brits’ compact and enjoyable book the literary version of the practice.” (Publishers Weekly)

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Narrator is very calming but I didn’t find it to have enough information

Before listening to this book, I had just finished listening another book on Hygge and I enjoyed that one much more. I found that this book was lacking information and I found the other book to be more applicable to real life situations. However I really enjoyed the narrator, she was so calming to listen to.

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