18. Talk about the “happiness set point.” In what ways do you essentially agree with or question this theory of human behavior?

  Recommended Reading

  Atwood, Margaret, Cat’s Eye

  Bateson, Mary Catherine, With a Daughter’s Eye

  Beard, Jo Ann, The Boys of My Youth

  Blackburn, Julia, Daisy Bates in the Desert

  Bloom, Amy, Love Invents Us

  Carey, Peter, Oscar and Lucinda

  Carr, Mary, Liars’ Club

  Cather, Willa, O Pioneers

  Chang, Pang-Me Natasha, Bound Feet and Western Dress

  Chatwin, Bruce, The Songlines

  Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street

  Conway, Jill Ker, The Road from Coorain

  Cooper, J. California, In Search of Satisfaction

  Dillard, Annie, An American Childhood

  Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, The Mistress of Spices

  Eliot, George, Middlemarch

  Hamilton, Jane, The Book of Ruth

  James, Henry, Portrait of a Lady

  Munro, Alice, The Beggar Maid

  Shigekuni, Julie, A Bridge Between Us

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  ALIAS GRACE by Margaret Atwood

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  THE ART OF THE PERSONAL ESSAY by Phillip Lopate

  BOUND FEET AND WESTERN DRESS by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang

  A BRIDGE BETWEEN US by Julie Shigekuni

  THE HEART AROUSED by David Whyte

  THE HIDDEN WRITER by Alexandra Johnson

  IN DEFENSE OF ELITISM by William A. Henry III

  JANE HAMILTON (A Map of the World, The Book of Ruth)

  J. CALIFORNIA COOPER: About the Author and Her Works

  NAGUIB MAHFOUZ: About the Author and His Works

  THE ROBBER BRIDE by Margaret Atwood

  SCHOOLGIRLS by Peggy Orenstein

  SHOT IN THE HEART by Mikal Gilmore

  TALK DIRTY TO ME by Sallie Tisdale

  THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe

  THE WEDDING by Dorothy West

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