The Wish: The 99 Things We Think We Want Most

Hardback Published on: 02/02/2017
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Synopsis

Uniquely the book will be published with 99 different covers, a selection of which can be seen here. Your cover will therefore be a surprise and we really hope that you like the one that you receive.

Just over 1,000 days ago, Bill Griffin launched Crowdwish, a website and app with a single proposition - it simply asked people what three things they thought they wanted most.

Wishes poured in from all over the world, with the site promising to take some form of meaningful action for the most up-voted wish every twenty-four hours.

Wishes that have gained national press attention range from the assisting of a woman who wanted to find a half-decent boyfriend ('just not a dick basically'), duping Katie Hopkins into signing a gagging order and attaching a faux marble plinth to the offices of the Daily Mail.

The Wish reviews 99 of the site's most popular wishes, and asks: what are the things we really want, how can we get closer to them and how much happier would we be if they were to come true? The result is a snapshot of the hopes, dreams and desires that unite us all, part reflection on a fascinating social experiment, part humorous rumination on the nature of happiness and part instruction manual for life.

The Wish is funny, upbeat and genuinely helpful - each reader is invited to pick one wish from the book that resonates most with them, and email the author for help in making it happen.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9781472126160
  • Number of pages: 224
  • Dimensions: 223 x 146 x 21 mm
  • Weight: 342g
  • Languages: English

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The Wish
On the Granting of Wishes.
I have been following 'Crowdwish' online for some time - have even been granted a couple of wishes by the wonderful Mr Griffin. When I read about how and ... READ MORE
Jane Longshaw