These are quiet poems, plainspoken. They sit in the back of class, in the last pew at church, and have sly, considered things to say. Bittersweet, self-aware, surreal, and funny, they celebrate the commonplace, tracing the arc of an afternoon, a season, a lifetime, distilling wisdom and its costs along the way. The Happiest Day of My Life is a journey toward perspective. Both memoir and personal Shangri-La, it invites you to spend a few moments of your own day beside its open window.