ISBN-13: 9780593730638 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 400 str.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK When a father goes missing, his family s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.
Belletrist Book Club Pick Finalist for the New American Voices Award This is a story with so many twists and turns I was riveted through the last page. Jodi Picoult
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A brilliant, satisfying, compassionate mystery that is as much about language and storytelling as it is about a missing father. I loved this book. Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
I fell in love with the fascinating, brilliant family at the center of this riveting book. Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful
We didn t call the police right away. Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing.
Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything which is why she isn t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.
What follows is both a ticking-clock investigation into the whereabouts of a father and an emotionally rich portrait of a family whose most personal secrets just may be at the heart of his disappearance. Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, and human connection, Happiness Falls is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.