THE MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATIONREADERS ARE OBSESSED WITH THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESSRead it slowly. Let it wreck you. Then read it againI feel like I lost part of my soul to this book a contender for my favourite of the yearI would give it 6 stars if I couldSad and funny, devastating and quietly celebratoryA masterwork of compassion and complexity. A book to sit with, to feel deeply, and to return toDesperate college dropout Hai is ready to make a devastating choice until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes the course of his life, in this achingly beautiful novel about chosen family and second chances One summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteenyearold Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a lifealtering bond.The Emperor of Gladness shows the profound ways in which our lives are changed by the most unexpected of people. When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didnt expect to find. United by desperation and circumstance, and existing on the fringes of society, together they bear witness to each others survival.This is an unforgettable story of unexpected friendship and how far we would go to possess one of lifes most fleeting mercies a second chance.A Most Anticipated Book in Guardian,...

Binding: Hardback;352 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 766 g; Dimensions: 165 x 243 x 39

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