{"product_id":"secrets-of-happiness-9781640095311","title":"Secrets of Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a man discovers his father in New York has long had another, secret, family--a wife and two kids--the interlocking fates of both families lead to surprise loyalties, love triangles, and a reservoir of inner strength in this expansive and elegantly crafted novel (Fresh Air, NPR).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRich with the complexities of life . . . the stories create a world made fully dimensional through changes of perspective--major characters appear and reappear as part of one or another's experience and testimony . . . Pull any life's thread and you discover a mesh of involvement that soon takes in all the others. It is a fine thing, subtly done, and truly exhilarating. --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEthan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family--a Thai wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethan's mother spends a year working abroad, returning much changed, as events introduce her to the other wife. Across town, Ethan's half brothers are caught in their own complicated journeys: one brother's penchant for minor delinquency has escalated, and the other must travel to Bangkok to bail him out, while the bargains their mother has struck about love and money continue to shape their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Ethan finds himself caught in a love triangle of his own, the interwoven fates of these two households elegantly unfurl to encompass a woman rallying to help an ill brother with an unreliable lover and a filmmaker with a girlhood spent in Nepal. Evoking a generous and humane spirit, and a story that ranges over three continents, \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e elucidates the ways people marshal the resources at hand to forge their own forms of joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640095311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Joan Silber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038665150645,"sku":"9781640095311","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_520cda83-54f9-4209-b939-5530be3680c9.jpg?v=1649738175","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/secrets-of-happiness-9781640095311","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}