Happiness, however, will still elude Vivian and Arthur.

Happiness eluded Michael Dillon.

"We seem to have a generation of Eloises in Manhattan," said Danielle Crittenden, a cultural critic and the author of "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman" (Simon & Schuster, 1999).

WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman.

First, the good news: "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman" is very short, so Mom, you did all right.

Danielle Crittenden, 39, a Washington mother of three and the author of "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman" of 1999, faulted feminists of the 60's and 70's for devaluing motherhood.

Happiness eludes the rendezvous we fix, arrives when we least expect it, disappears when we think we have it in hand.

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What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman, (Simon and Schuster, 1999)

Happiness eludes him, but keeps on dropping hints.