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Froth on the Cappuccino: How Small Pleasures Can Save Your Life (Hardcover)

by Maeve Haran (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Hay House (2 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1401911056
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401911058
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 97,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Description
Good bread, warm towels, crisp mornings, girls' nights out, eating the froth on the cappuccino: these are the ordinary pleasures that make life worth living. Yet sometimes other things in our lives can be so overwhelming that we forget their healing power. In this inspiring book, bestselling author Maeve Haran describes how the little things in life can prove to be the most satisfying. Swapping jokes with a shopkeeper or getting a smile from another driver when you let them into the traffic makes you feel better about yourself than any self-help book. "Froth on the Cappuccino" celebrates hundreds of everyday delights all designed to remind us how joyous life is.

About the Author
Maeve Haran, a former TV producer, shot to fame with her first novel, Having It All. She has written nine further novels, over 50 short stories and regularly contributes to national newspapers. She has two daughters and is married to a Glaswegian. They live in north London and a have a cottage on the Sussex Downs. Her hobbies are trying to balance work, motherhood and having a good time.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the feel good factor!, 24 Nov 2007
By A. Loughead (County Antrim, N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
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What a lovely, easy reading book! The sort you can dip in & out of, sitting with a cup of coffee (cappuccino or otherwise!). I lent it to my 2 big sisters who also loved it & appreciated how it makes you smile & forget the everyday hassles of life. Would recommend it to women everywhere. Even loved the pink inside cover & bookmark!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Book for Dipping Into, 19 Sep 2008
By Lincs Reader (Lincolnshire, England) - See all my reviews
This is another one of those books you can dip into at any time - beautifully packaged, with a hardback cover and a pink satin bookmark attached. It's the sort of book that makes a perfect gift.

The main focus of the book is looking at everyday things that are around us all the time that we take for granted, looking at them and seeing how much pleasure can be gained by the small things in life.

The book is divided up into the various pleasures, with just a brief snippet written about each one. Most of the things are ordinary, everyday things such as; a cool pillow, watching the dawn, painting your toenails but there are a few more expensive treats including; spa days and cashmere,

It's a charming little book and great for a bit of a pick-me-up
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars small but sometimes rather expensive pleasures, 12 Jan 2008
I do like the pink ribbon but Froth on the Cappuccino has a rather affluent take on 'small' pleasures which supposedly include wearing cashmere, spa days, champagne, pashminas, and fresh pesto. Spas are no longer 'prerogative of the very rich' but are 'a possibility for most of us'. Cheap jewellery is asking a little shop in Paris to make a custom glass tiara.

In the midst of this sweetly but rather obliviously privileged view of pleasures there are a host of concepts that can speak to a much wider audience:

* doing something you've been putting off
* making satisfying economies
* being met from a journey
* tasks with an echo of the past
* listing 3 good things
* seeing life as a web not a ladder

Work is almost entirely absent from the book. Even pleasures that might easily apply to your job are illustrated with a domestic, leisure or family example. Perhaps, for Haran, work is a world of only big pleasures or of none at all?
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5.0 out of 5 stars A real enjoyable read
The book arrived today. The book says luxury from the cover and to the feel of the pages how lovely to have a shocking pink book mark. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars rare comfort in today's world
A good book to comfort you in today's gloomy world of news and events. I agree that not all the pleasures would be affordable, or even wanted by all! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Penny Lane

2.0 out of 5 stars Merely alright
Potential buyers need to be aware that the author makes two big assumptions. She assumes that the reader is female e.g. girls night out as a pleasure. Read more
Published 8 months ago by David Gwilliam

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