We live in difficult times. What can we do if we lose our lightheartedness? Louise Brown knows about the fleeting nature of happiness. In order to get to the bottom of it, she sets herself a task: to spend a year sharpening her sense of the good that she encounters in her everyday life. She discovers that even the darkest day holds moments of joy and wonder. Her book is a guide to the art of confidence. Biography Louise Brown was twelve when her family moved from London to a small village in northern Germany. Today she lives in Hamburg as a journalist and writes for FTD, WamS, Zeit and WDR, among others.