Where Is My Happy Ending? - Harmon, Karen
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On her mother's urging to go on and have a big, beautiful, and adventurous life, Karen leaves her home in the country at the tender age of seventeen. Abandoning her family, her horse, and her teenage dreams, she embraces life in the big city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Looking for love in all the wrong places while maneuvering through dead-end jobs, the night club scene, and a slew of unsavory characters, Karen finds herself perpetually searching for Mr. Right. Lacking direction in a lifestyle that involves drugs, alcohol, and the wrong men, Karen wonders when her knight in shining armour…mehr

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On her mother's urging to go on and have a big, beautiful, and adventurous life, Karen leaves her home in the country at the tender age of seventeen. Abandoning her family, her horse, and her teenage dreams, she embraces life in the big city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Looking for love in all the wrong places while maneuvering through dead-end jobs, the night club scene, and a slew of unsavory characters, Karen finds herself perpetually searching for Mr. Right. Lacking direction in a lifestyle that involves drugs, alcohol, and the wrong men, Karen wonders when her knight in shining armour will arrive. Where Is My Happy Ending is a true story about a girl who enters adulthood after having been raised in a home plagued by mental illness. Left to her own devices, Karen stumbles through the highs and lows, tragedies and turmoils of the 1970s disco scene, '80s era of modern love, and into the 1990s, not sure how she got there or how to get out. Karen's wit, storytelling abilities, and simplicity in looking at life will keep you engaged from start to finish, with an evident reminder-it's not what the world can bring to you, it's what you can bring to the world. Karen is the author of her award-winning first memoir, Looking for Normal, a recipient of the Rubery Book Excellence Award in the category of Women's Health.
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After graduating high school in 1978, Karen Harmon went on to travel and attend college, and began a career as an aerobics instructor in the 1980s when curly perms and leg warmers were the going trends. She became involved in the disco scene and the many unsavoury characters that went with it. Karen became a single mother at the age of 32 and went back to college to obtain a degree as an Education Assistant. Karen currently works in a high school and enjoys being in a fun, busy place of learning. She is reminded daily of her own high school experiences and revels in how many social aspects have not changed, and yet how young people have evolved and grown to make for a much healthier, inclusive environment.Karen enjoys blogging about the past and has found writing to be a cathartic, life-changing and entertaining pastime. During the writing of Class of '78, all of Karen's fictitious characters developed into real people she looked forward to hanging out with every time she turned on her computer. Each personality was created from Karen's memory bank of people and experiences she encountered during the 1970s and '80s. She often stated, "Writing Class of '78 was like watching a well-loved movie or episodic series."Karen currently lives and works in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and is writing the prequel to the Class of '78. She still teaches fitness and enjoys her husband and family of three adult children.