This book is a collection of short stories that depict events in Author's life while she lived in Romania, then in Greece, and last in America. It's a beautiful and very sincere account of a young woman's life and comming to age.
People generally measure their happines by the satisfaction of their life as a whole. We have to have a balance of emotional, spiritual, economical, social, financial, and physical satisfaction overall to achieve happiness. Happiness is not always what you do; happiness is who you are inside.
Finding your true self and living your true self makes you happy and that is something you can live with everyday when you look at yourself in the mirror with no regrets.