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Her Own Happiness Paperback – September 5, 2023

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It’s never too late to come of age in this compassionate and refreshing novel about friendship, self-discovery, and moving on by the author of The Bennet Women.

Maya Davis is living in paradise until her apartment, her career, and her dreams fall away in a horrible and dramatic fashion. Suddenly she’s packing her life into two suitcases and heading back to her parents’ home in Maryland, scrambling for a plan B. Happy thirty-first birthday, Maya.

Right beside her is Ant, Maya’s best friend. While she’s returning home, Ant’s leaving his for the first time. Even though he moved away to start his own adventure, Ant can’t seem to separate himself from Maya―and he’s not sure he wants to.

Thinking practically for once, Maya makes her top priority finding a career―or at least a job with health insurance. But when she’s drawn into the orbit of Emme Vivant, the influential girlboss decides Maya has potential. Suddenly there are new contacts, new clothes, and the possibility of a shiny new future that could make this move home worthwhile. But is Maya finally in control of her life, or is she losing it?

Just as Ant’s platonic feelings for Maya deepen, his best friend in the world seems to be moving on without him.

In this tender and vibrant novel, Maya learns that finding the right path might not matter as much as finding herself―and who’s beside her on the journey.

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“[A] fresh, bold take from Appiah-Kubi…It’s fascinating to watch this story play out from a new perspective, and the themes of self-awareness and healing resonate. Readers will have no trouble rooting for Maya to find happiness.” ―Publishers Weekly

"A beautiful coming of age novel about friendship and self-discovery." ―The Root

"At heart, Her Own Happiness is a cozy, good-natured tale of love and friendship, following characters who do not define themselves by their hip body piercings or artsy tattoos but, rather, through kindness toward others. Appiah-Kubi combines escapist descriptions of fashion and travel with an honest look at how so many of our lives have been shaped by COVID-related isolation and uncertainty." ―Washington City Paper

“A wonderfully warm and insightful story of love, friendship, and self-discovery. I found myself delightfully invested in how these refreshingly self-aware characters navigated an ever-changing world. Highly recommended for the beautiful writing and its smart and deeply empathetic heart.” ―Sonali Dev, bestselling author of Lies and Other Love Languages

“Eden Appiah-Kubi pens a smartly crafted novel in with Her Own Happiness. Read this touching contemporary friendship and love story and broaden your horizons while celebrating as the engaging lead, Maya, broadens her own. This book is a fabulous read!” ―Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, authors of The Better Half

"Updating Jane Austen’s Emma in the best of ways, Eden Appiah-Kubi’s Her Own Happiness flips the script, focusing on Maya’s journey as she follows the trajectory of Harriet in a loose version of Austen’s plot. With a refreshingly diverse cast of characters, Appiah-Kubi takes on the remaining angst of the Covid-19 pandemic while helping Maya find her own version of a happy ending despite the best intentions of a meddling friend." ―Sara Goodman Confino, author of For the Love of Friends, She's Up to No Good, and Don't Forget to Write

“With a charming voice and elegant prose, Her Own Happiness is both a beautiful love story and a heartfelt look at finding your way in the world while staying true to your authentic self. Eden Appiah-Kubi offers another fresh, winning twist on Jane Austen. Readers will surely fall in love with Maya and Ant as they journey toward their happily ever after.” ―Elissa Grossell Dickey, author of The Speed of Light and Iris in the Dark

“A beautiful, life-affirming novel about identity, renewal, and having grace for oneself as well as others. Readers will see themselves in Maya’s inward and outward journey of self-discovery. Her Own Happiness is a delight!” ―Paulette Kennedy, bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain

“In this moving novel about hope and unexpected connections, Eden Appiah-Kubi shows us that it’s never too late to embrace who we truly are.” ―Mansi Shah, author of The Direction of the Wind

About the Author

Eden Appiah-Kubi, author of The Bennet Women, has been putting her spin on classic stories since third grade. She was born in Washington, DC, and raised in the Maryland suburbs, where she still lives with her husband and hilarious daughter.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Montlake (September 5, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1542030471
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1542030472
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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Eden Appiah-Kubi fell in love with classic novels in fourth grade when her mom read her Jane Eyre, chapter by chapter, as a bedtime story. She’s an alumna of a small New England university with a weird mascot (Go Jumbos!) and a former Peace Corps volunteer. Eden developed her fiction writing through years spent in a small Washington, DC, critique group. Today she works as a librarian and lives in the DC suburbs with her husband and hilarious daughter.

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This book was beautiful!!!
All I can say is this book was simply beautiful! At first, I was afraid that I wasn’t going to enjoy it very much because I does take place during the thick of pandemy times. But I was pleasantly surprised that overarching theme of of the book was actually finding one’s self and embracing the change that is inevitable in life but never losing sight of the REAL you.Also, as a 31 Black woman that doesn’t openly accept change well, and has at times had to “mourn” several versions of myself that I thought were my “life plan”, Maya the FMC, was real and raw and fully resonated with me!This book was fully one of those books that just came to me at the exact right time. And because of that I’m so appreciative to the author for sharing this beautiful novel with the world!Perfect for readers that like:✨Character Self Discovery✨Real and Raw Contemporary reads✨Strong bonds✨Queer/LGBTQIA+ rep✨Strong FMC✨Loss and Love (mourning what could and should have been)
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Ru Alexander
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful recommendation❤❤
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023
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There is so much that I want to say about this book and I don't even know if I can get it all in this review! This story was well written, beautiful, and a representation for not only black people but queer people as well was top notch. I loved Maya and I loved Ant. This story shined a light in many ways on how being queer isn't a monolith.
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Courtney
4.0 out of 5 stars Relatable
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2023
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As a millennial and a fat black woman living thru the Panorama, this was relatable. I would have loved to have seen the inbtween of Maya's and Ant's dynamic of coming back together after seeing each other at the ice skating rink. But over was a great story.
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Kelsi Hidde
3.0 out of 5 stars Aro ace plus size romance
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
I really wished that I liked this book more than I did. It is always important for me to support plus size authors and characters. However, I feel like this one missed the mark. There just wasn't all that much to the plot for me. The whole thing felt anticlimactic and I was left with "oh okay that's how it ended". I think if you have ever had to move all the way across the country back to your family after a perceived failure you will definitely connect with the main character. I certainly did. On the other hand, I did not connect with the love interest or the love story in general. It was great representation for the aro ace community. It was interesting to read how that community can struggle when it comes to life partners and navigating that field. So while this book had great multicultural and gender/romance representation, it just didn't do it for me with the plot. I just feel like nothing ever happened and there was never a real climax or problem to work thorugh.
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Elissa
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful love story
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2023
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With a charming voice and elegant prose, Her Own Happiness is both a beautiful love story and a heartfelt look at finding your way in the world while staying true to your authentic self. Eden Appiah-Kubi offers another fresh, winning twist on Jane Austen. Readers will surely fall in love with Maya and Ant as they journey toward their happily ever after!
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Nina M.
4.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected in good ways.
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023
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I really enjoyed this book. It has some welcome, unexpected elements: the twist on Jane Austen is unique, and the way it uses the everydayness of Covid (masking, eating outdoors, avoiding crowds) as a background is a relief to me. I can't be the only person who reads books set in the present that ignore the pandemic and thinks, "this isn't the world I'm living in." Appiah-Kubi shows us that even with the irritating/scary background noise life and love go on, which is certainly my experience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! ...Just wow!
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2023
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This story is my life...I'm the fat black weirdo girl that moved to Hawaii for seven years before moving back home. I am she that allowed others to make her over because it was easier than finding my true self... until I, too, went to therapy.

Thank you for writing such an insightful and important story about all the different ways to love and be loved!
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Belle Ellrich
3.0 out of 5 stars Book Review: Her Own Happiness
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023
Her Own Happiness was a story I have not yet read, in every sense of meaning. Unique, open, touching, and relatable in several aspects, author Eden Appiah-Kubi pulls readers in and has us hanging onto each paragraph.

The first thing I would like to touch on about this book is the pacing. I am notoriously known for not liking slower-paced books, and I will admit, I did find myself bored a few times because of how long particular events were being dragged out for chapters and chapters. However, even though I am personally not a fan of slower-paced books, I can also acknowledge the reason for the pacing not being more moderate or fast. This story is full of self-discovery and coming to terms with finding what is best for you, even if it means distancing from those you love most. Because of that, the pacing needed to be on a slower scale; it fits with the story, and it meshed with the overarching point.

When it came to characterization, I felt that there were strong points and weak points. This book is absolutely more character-centric than plot-focused, which occasionally left me wondering what the underlying themes or points to pick up on were when not explicitly stated through Maya or Ant. I do feel as though there were moments where the main characters sat stagnant; as if we were not making any movement within their development. But for the majority of the book, we were given a very strong set of characters that realized they had faults they needed to work on to better themselves, but also, to better their own personal relationships with the people in their lives.

Her Own Happiness is centered after the initial wave of COVID-19, and it follows through to the landing of the OMICRON variant. This was my first experience with a book set during COVID, and it was a surreal experience to say the least. It was as though we were watching things take place right before our very eyes, especially with the timing and setting of the book being so close to our present day. I enjoyed Appiah-Kubi’s anecdotes on life in a COVID-strained society and the effects it took on the characters—but more so, specifically, Maya.

There were some elements I was still left with questions about after completing my read of the book that I am sorting through my thoughts on. In a few parts of the ending chapters, it was a bit unexpected to see some ends tied up so quickly–it felt the story could have still gone on for another 50-100 pages to better wrap it up (and in thinking of this, many of them were specifically with Ant’s storyline). But at the same time, I kind of enjoyed seeing a story where drawn-out issues are given solutions quickly. It felt a bit like having an angel and a devil warring; neither can win, they both feel right and wrong.

Overall, I did enjoy Her Own Happiness. I feel this story can and will resonate with a lot of people, as it did with me. For that, I give it a starred rating. This was my first read from Eden Appiah-Kubi, and I have determined it will not be my last. I do recommend that readers give this book a chance—its messages and solid truths are waiting.
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