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‘The Lees of Happiness’ is a romantic tale that will make you question what true love really is.

A newlywed young woman and her author husband begin married life in a home of their own, but disease brings chaos and destruction to their happiness as their life and marriage unravel. Can their love survive the harsh realities of life?

This touching, passionate tale about ordinary lives and their extraordinary love, is an American literary classic.

A memorable short story of unconditional love, lifelong devotion, and human kindness, ‘The Lees of Happiness’ is the ideal read for fans of Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver.


F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century and the author of the classics ‘Tender is the Night’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’, with the latter having been made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan.

Skillfully capturing the prosperity of post-World War One America, his writing helped illustrate the 1920s Jazz Age that he and his wife Zelda Fitzgerald were at the centre of.