Life's Little Detours : 50 Lessons to Find and Hold Onto Happiness

'You can get through anything life hands you if you stay put in the day you are in and don't jump ahead.' When Regina Brett turned fifty, she wrote a column on the fifty lessons life had taught her. She reflected on everything she had learned through becoming a single parent, looking for love in the wrong places, battling cancer and making peace with a difficult childhood. Here, in the tradition of THE LAST LECTURE, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, SIMPLE ABUNDANCE and DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF, Regina takes her fifty lessons and explores them in short essays that are deeply personal. From 'Don't take yourself too seriously - nobody else does' to 'Life isn't tied up with a bow, but it's still a gift', her warm and wise words will strike a chord with anyone who needs a little help to get back on track and feel good about life.

Regina Brett is an internationally beloved columnist and writer. She won the prestigious NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARD for columns she wrote about being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. The award put her in the great company of past HEADLINER recipients, including Mitch Albom and Carl Hiaasen. During her chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Regina wrote extensively and candidly about her experience. Regina was also a finalist for the PULITZER PRIZE for Commentary in both 2008 and 2009.