No Happy Endings

A Memoir

De: Nora McInerny

Narrado por: Nora McInerny

The author of It’s Okay to Laugh and host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking - interviews that are “[A] gift to be able to listen [to]” (New York Times) - returns with more hilarious meditations on her messy, wonderful, bittersweet, and unconventional life.

Life has a million different ways to kick you right in the chops. We lose love, lose jobs, lose our sense of self. For Nora McInerny, it was losing her husband, her father, and her unborn second child in one catastrophic year.

But in the wake of loss, we get to assemble something new from whatever is left behind. Some circles call finding happiness after loss “Chapter Two” - the continuation of something else. Today, Nora is remarried and mothers four children aged 16 months to 16 years. While her new circumstances bring her extraordinary joy, they are also tinged with sadness over the loved ones she’s lost.

Life has made Nora a reluctant expert in hard conversations. On her wildly popular podcast, she talks about painful experiences we inevitably face and exposes the absurdity of the question “How are you?” that people often ask when we’re coping with the aftermath of emotional catastrophe. She knows intimately that when your life falls apart, there’s a mad rush to be okay - to find a silver lining, to get to the happy ending. In this, her second memoir, Nora offers a tragicomic exploration of the tension between finding happiness and holding space for the unhappy experiences that have shaped us.

No Happy Endings is an audiobook for people living life after life has fallen apart. It’s an audiobook for people who know they’re moving forward, not moving on. It’s an audiobook for people who know life isn’t always happy, but it isn’t the end: There will be unimaginable joy and incomprehensible tragedy. As Nora reminds us, there will be no happy endings - but there will be new beginnings.

©2019 Nora McInerny (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

sweet and uplifting

I've been a fan of Nora's podcast for the last year, and this books is a bitter sweet taste of her creation. I wasn't expecting to feel empower and it is actually quite feminist.

Simple unmissable

Dear Nora,

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you.

Biggest of hugs,

Camila.

Amazing and soul touching

Thank you for sharing your talent and honesty. This book spoke to me softly and with self relief.

Just listen to it—you won’t regret it!

Nora has a way of telling stories. She makes you laugh, cry, and think all within a span of—however long this book is. She keeps you company while she does it. Just listen to it. You won’t regret it.

Just okay

Two words - Brene Brown. It was Nora's story, but it read like a Brene Brown talk. Nothing "wrong" with it; just not my cup of tea. Even the light moments came across heavy.

Amazing!

You are such a great writer and orator! Thanks for writing this! ❤️ I enjoyed it immensely and hope many many more decide to read it!

Engrossing

A story you want to come back to everyday to learn how it turns out. Very honest and engaging storytelling. Made me laugh and cry. Definitely recommend!

Refreshingly honest

I had the pleasure of meeting Nora before ever hearing her story or her accomplishments. I’m appreciative to have listened to this book and admittedly have said out loud while listening, “YASSS! SO MUCH YASSS!” Nora is one of the most refreshingly honest and genuine people you’ll ever meet. Thanks Nora!

Loved this one too

I purposely added drive time to errands or sat in the garage listening to finish this. I love that Nora narrates because I’ve come to love how her quirky personality is injected into everything from her podcast to side commentary here. Thank you again for taking us along this chapter of your story, Nora.

My thoughts.

Once again she makes me feel safe...I know I am not alone hearing her read her book. Even though it is sad, there comes comfort in knowing someone else shares your worst nightmare with you and has made it through. As with her other book I am a die hard republican so there's definitely a chapter or two I didn't agree with at all, BUT STILL I would just skip that and get right back into her story in the next chapter. She has a perfect voice and recording that you can feel her emotions through it. She has helped me in more ways than she will ever know. Thank you for opening up yourself and for making my heart feel a little lighter...at least while listening. Sometimes I wish her books went on forever...they are like therapy to me.