2024 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee)
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
OPRAH DAILY'S NO. 1 SUMMER PAPERBACK 2024
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
FINALIST FOR THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD
AMAZON EDITOR'S CHOICE & TOP TWENTY NOVEL OF THE YEAR
'A Brilliant, satisfying, compassionate mystery.'
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
'Bittersweet, sensitive and moving.'
GUARDIAN
'I can't remember a book with more layers. . . I was riveted through the last page.'
JODI PICOULT
Mia Parkson's life is turned upside down when her stay-at-home dad, the family's anchor, goes missing. The only witness? Eugene - her younger, nonspeaking teenage brother.
As the Police struggle for leads, and her mother and twin brother struggle to keep things together at home, Mia gains access to key clues about her father's disappearance. Headstrong, hyper analytical, and with secrets of her own, she decides to try and solve the case. But could Mia's impulsive actions be putting her whole family in danger?
'Gorgeous . a layered and innovative exploration of family, love, happiness, and race.'
JEAN KWOK
'Stunning!'
JO BROWNING WROE
Genre: Mystery
OPRAH DAILY'S NO. 1 SUMMER PAPERBACK 2024
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
FINALIST FOR THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD
AMAZON EDITOR'S CHOICE & TOP TWENTY NOVEL OF THE YEAR
'A Brilliant, satisfying, compassionate mystery.'
GABRIELLE ZEVIN
'Bittersweet, sensitive and moving.'
GUARDIAN
'I can't remember a book with more layers. . . I was riveted through the last page.'
JODI PICOULT
Mia Parkson's life is turned upside down when her stay-at-home dad, the family's anchor, goes missing. The only witness? Eugene - her younger, nonspeaking teenage brother.
As the Police struggle for leads, and her mother and twin brother struggle to keep things together at home, Mia gains access to key clues about her father's disappearance. Headstrong, hyper analytical, and with secrets of her own, she decides to try and solve the case. But could Mia's impulsive actions be putting her whole family in danger?
'Gorgeous . a layered and innovative exploration of family, love, happiness, and race.'
JEAN KWOK
'Stunning!'
JO BROWNING WROE
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"There is a freshness and originality to Angie Kim's work that brings joy to the reader . . . Happiness Falls is another superlative effort in what is fast shaping up to be a remarkable career." - David Baldacci
"[A] page-turner about a missing man and a precise (and luminous) exploration of what it's like to be the teens he has left behind." - Chris Bohjalian
"[A] rare book that can change your entire outlook on the world." - Janelle Brown
"This book will stay with you long after you turn the final, satisfying page." - Alafair Burke
"Kim is a tremendous writer . . . a compelling mystery as well as a guide to managing the uncertainties of life and the challenges of family." - Steph Cha
"I began reading Happiness Falls expecting a murder mystery. What I got was the most moving and humbling portrait of humanity I've read in quite some time." - Mary Beth Keane
"A sublime literary mystery that is a mesmerizing update to the missing person story, a layered and innovative exploration of family, love, happiness, and race." - Jean Kwok
"A riveting, revelatory masterpiece . . . I stayed up half the night to finish this novel, and when I woke in the morning, I turned back to the first page to begin again." - Anthony Marra
"A brilliant novel that has everything I want in fiction--great writing, fascinating characters, suspenseful storytelling, and thought-provoking themes. Readers are going to fall in love with Happiness Falls." - Imbolo Mbue
"Happiness Falls . . . keeps you thinking and guessing and feeling all at the same time." - Liz Moore
"I fell in love with the fascinating, brilliant family at the center of this riveting book." - Ann Napolitano
"Happiness Falls is on the one hand a profound meditation on the meaning of life and the nature of happiness, while on the other hand a riveting mystery replete with suspense." - Chris Pavone
"Brilliant, immersive, and deeply moving . . . a book that will change the way you think--a book that will change your life." - Julia Phillips
"One of best mystery novels ever written." - Gary Shteyngart
"An exhilarating literary tour de force . . . [Happiness Falls] will introduce you to extraordinary characters whose lives will leave you forever changed." - Danielle Trussoni
"[A] page-turner about a missing man and a precise (and luminous) exploration of what it's like to be the teens he has left behind." - Chris Bohjalian
"[A] rare book that can change your entire outlook on the world." - Janelle Brown
"This book will stay with you long after you turn the final, satisfying page." - Alafair Burke
"Kim is a tremendous writer . . . a compelling mystery as well as a guide to managing the uncertainties of life and the challenges of family." - Steph Cha
"I began reading Happiness Falls expecting a murder mystery. What I got was the most moving and humbling portrait of humanity I've read in quite some time." - Mary Beth Keane
"A sublime literary mystery that is a mesmerizing update to the missing person story, a layered and innovative exploration of family, love, happiness, and race." - Jean Kwok
"A riveting, revelatory masterpiece . . . I stayed up half the night to finish this novel, and when I woke in the morning, I turned back to the first page to begin again." - Anthony Marra
"A brilliant novel that has everything I want in fiction--great writing, fascinating characters, suspenseful storytelling, and thought-provoking themes. Readers are going to fall in love with Happiness Falls." - Imbolo Mbue
"Happiness Falls . . . keeps you thinking and guessing and feeling all at the same time." - Liz Moore
"I fell in love with the fascinating, brilliant family at the center of this riveting book." - Ann Napolitano
"Happiness Falls is on the one hand a profound meditation on the meaning of life and the nature of happiness, while on the other hand a riveting mystery replete with suspense." - Chris Pavone
"Brilliant, immersive, and deeply moving . . . a book that will change the way you think--a book that will change your life." - Julia Phillips
"One of best mystery novels ever written." - Gary Shteyngart
"An exhilarating literary tour de force . . . [Happiness Falls] will introduce you to extraordinary characters whose lives will leave you forever changed." - Danielle Trussoni
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