Year of living Danishly: uncovering the secrets of the world’s happiest country. Helen Russell. 2015.

As an editor on a glossy magazine in London, Helen Russell appears to be living the dream. Yet between the long hours, the endless commutes and the stresses of trying for a baby, life is gradually wearing her down.

Then her husband is offered a job in Denmark’s rural Jutland, and she discovers a startling statistic: the land of long dark winters, , pickled herring and pastries is officially the happiest place on earth.

So what do they know that we don’t? Are happy Danes just born that way? Or can the rest of us get in on the act? Helen decides there is only one way to find out: she will give herself a year there, trying to uncover the formula for Danish happiness.

From education, food and interior design to SAD, childcare and an unfortunate predilection for burning witches, The Year of Living Danishly is a funny, poignant record of a journey that shows us where the Danes get it right, where they get it wrong - and how we might all benefit from living a little more Danishly ourselves.