Praise for Money & Happiness

"Laura Rowley makes us all understand the money-happiness connection in our own lives so that we spend our time and our efforts wisely. She gets to the heart of why money can bring feelings of stress, joy, and freedom, and Rowley offers insight that every reader can use to make smarter decisions that will lead to living a rich life in every possible definition of the term."
--Lucy Danziger, Editor in Chief, Self magazine

"This is a wry and companionable guide to getting your finances in better sync with your values, and who wouldn't be enriched by that?"
--Melinda Henneberger, Contributing Editor, Newsweek

"Money and Happiness takes cold, hard, financial information and warms it up through the voice of your best friend. You'll find out how to achieve your life dreams, and avoid money nightmares. The cost of this book may be the best investment you'll ever make."
--Kevin McKinley, CFP, author of Make Your Kid a Millionaire and host of public radio's On Your Money

"Let Laura Rowley guide you to a rational and rewarding life by helping you re-order your approach to your financial well-being. This book covers all the dimensions you need to know about how to plan properly for your reality. She teaches that you need not be loaded to be happy. And she shows you how to set, then achieve, your goals. For your sanity, Rowley is a welcome antidote to the wave of materialism washing over our culture."
--Allan Dodds Frank, Bloomberg Television

A relentless barrage of zany, off-the-wall humour, 1001 jokes, puns and one-liners, plumbed exclusively from the innermost depths and far-out corridors of an extremely vivid imagination. You won't have encountered anything like this addictive little beauty before; not a swear word in sight, it would be equally at home in the hands of kids or grandmas, whilst still supplying sufficient ammunition to torment your mates into submission. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face, and no wonder with jokes like these:

Mobile phones have been around longer than people think. I was watching this film the other day and heard Sir Lancelot ask someone to fetch his charger.

I was considering investing in a Chinese distillery but decided against it. Whiskey business.

I went to the waxworks but legged it when I saw this woman coming towards me, swinging a pair of giant blades. I discovered later it was Madame Two Swords.

Michael Phelps and the Thorpedo: they think they're God's gift to swimming.

As an ex-paratrooper, I definitely thought my bill for dental work was a bridge too far.

I had a real bad accident at the saw mill. My other half says we should sue for compensation.

I've just lost my job at the snuff factory. I was sacked for pinching.

I walked into Leeds station and asked the route to Bristol. I said, is it Leeds to Sheffield, then Derby, Birmingham, Cheltenham Spa and Gloucester? He said, it's somewhere along those lines.

Someone said there was a decent turn on at the working men's club. When I got there, it was an Arctic sea bird with a big, yellow beak.

I found my hotel bathroom stuffed with chickens. It was hen-suite.

Boy racers. They're the torque of the town.

Every time it's nice outside, there's this American pop duo that stand on a street corner, giving money away. It's Sunny and Share.