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.OPRAH DAILY’S #1 NOVEL OF THE YEAR • ONE OF PEOPLE’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A WASHINGTON POST, BOOKPAGE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, NEW YORK POST, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BOOK RIOT, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, REAL SIMPLE, CRIMEREADS, AND SHE READSBEST BOOK OF THE YEARBelletrist 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“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.
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Happiness Falls: A Novel
von Angie Kim
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.OPRAH DAILY’S #1 NOVEL OF THE YEAR • ONE OF PEOPLE’S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A WASHINGTON POST, BOOKPAGE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, NEW YORK POST, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BOOK RIOT, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, REAL SIMPLE, CRIMEREADS, AND SHE READSBEST BOOK OF THE YEARBelletrist 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“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.
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Rezension von lenalovesbooksEin spannender Familienroman In "Happiness Falls" von Angie Kim verschwindet ein Vater nach einem Spaziergang mit seinem 14-jährigen Sohn Eugene. Dieser kann jedoch nicht berichten, wie der Vater verschwunden ist, da er aufgrund einer Autismus-Spektrum-Störung und einer Genanomalie nicht sprechen kann. Die Polizei verdächtig ihn und seine Familie erfährt einige Geheimnisse des Vaters. Das Cover passt zum Buchinhalt, da es geheimnisvoll wirkt. In der Ich-Perspektive aus der Sicht der Schwester Mia wird die Geschichte erzählt. Das hat mich am Anfang in den Bann gezogen, da sie sehr detailliert über ihre Gedanken spricht und ab und zu die Leser/-innen anspricht. Zum Ende hin wurde es etwas zu ausführlich und langatmig. Dennoch konnte ich das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen, da es durch Rückblicke in die Vergangenheit sehr spannend wird. Hier berichtet Mia über die Beziehung zu ihrem vermissten Vater und über die Familienprobleme aufgrund gesellschaftlicher Vorurteile und Erwartungen bezüglich der Autismus-Spektrum-Störung aber auch Migrationshintergründe, da die Mutter Koreanerin ist. Angie Kim konnte mich hier mit ihrer ausführlichen Recherche begeistern. Ich habe mit der Familie mitgefühlt und wurde als Leserin auch mal ertappt bei Gedanken, die man ohne Kenntnisse zum Autismus hat. In dieser Familiengeschichte hängen viele Aspekte zusammen und die Spannung wird bis zum Schluss aufrecht erhalten. Ein paar Fragen blieben jedoch für mich am Ende unbeantwortet. Zusätzlich kommen philosophische Anwandlungen zum Thema Glück vor. Mia findet Aufzeichnungen von dem Vater, in denen er sich über verschiedene Erwartungshaltungen zu Geschehnissen im Leben äußert. Kann man durch die eigene Einstellung glücklicher werden? Es kommen Studien vor, die Angie Kim auch im Nachwort erwähnt. Mich hat das Thema sehr interessiert. Fazit: Dieser spannende Familienroman konnte mich mit den verschiedenen Themen und der emotionalen und detailierten Ich-Erzählerin überzeugen.