Described as a "philosophical self-help humorous travel memoir" this was an interesting read. It is non-fiction. It took me a while to get through it, and he was a little more crass than I normally like--normally don't like anything crass or with language. This had a little of both, so I can't highly recommend it, but it was interesting. Eric Weiner is a grump, and he was determined to find the world's happiest place. Each chapter he goes to a different country and tries to figure out why that place is happy or not. A positive therapy researcher--or a happiness researcher-- has rated the countries in the world from the happiest to the least happy, so Weiner goes to check them out. Netherlands, Switzerland, Iceland, Thailand, and Bhutan are some of the happiest. Weiner goes to each of these to see why. Moldova is one of the least happy, and he also goes there to find out why. Britain, India, Qatar, and the US are also visited and discussed. It was interesting to learn about the different places and what really does make people happy. Hate to over use the word "interesting," but it was that and informative.
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