Alannah Hill 
Handbag of Happiness 
And other misunderstandings, misdemeanours and misadventures

The Handbag of Happiness is acollection of rollicking, defiant, real-lifestories where self-improvement is satireand life-changing moments are found inthe absurdity of our mysterious little lives.From The Bathing Costume of Calamity to The Apron Strings of Lament and The Brassiere of Lovelessness, Alannah Hill shares hard-won wisdom from a career inthe fashion world (along with the fine art of stickybeaking).Irreverent, provocative, self-depreciating and witty, Alannah tells us in her own imperfect way how sheovercame adversity and sometimes didn’t, despiteher best intentions.In a world full of self-help cliches, contradictory messagesand new-puritan rules, Alannah opens her bejewelledhandbag of happiness, showing us how being a little bitwrong can sometimes be so very, very right.