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Daniel has a plan, something like a diary about the future, which he writes in a notebook with black boards. Sometimes the course of life forces him to turn back pages in his diary, adjust a few small things, compromise on some resolutions, but presto he lives a life that he is convinced is successful and, in a way, happy. But suddenly something happens that Daniel didn't count on in his diary plan. Portugal finds itself on the brink of economic collapse, and Daniel's whole plan suddenly collapses with it - he loses his job and a roof over his head, his own family becomes estranged from him, and even his best childhood friends move away. Despite everything, however, Daniel refuses to give up and his will to start over seems invincible. When his friend Xavier casually mentions the average happiness index in the middle of a conversation, Daniel, in a fictional dialogue with his friend Almodôvar, begins to think not only about the real value of his own happiness, but also about the values ​​that a person leaves to future generations. The average index of happiness is an admirable novel about an indomitable optimist who fights to the last breath for his dignified life and for the happiness of those he loves. With his dramatic, realistic and sometimes humorous story, David Machado ranks alongside the most talented storytellers of his generation.