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A review by leahtylerthewriter
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
See full review on the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION website:
Virginia author Angie Kim has wrapped a gripping whodunit around a tender examination of the unique challenges facing nonspeaking people and their families in “Happiness Falls.” Starting with a special-needs teenager who witnesses his father’s disappearance during the COVID-19 lockdown and venturing into the struggles the family endures while searching for their dad, Kim’s introspective and educational work of fiction ultimately illuminates the concept of being “nonverbal” as she challenges society’s tendency to associate oral fluency with intelligence...
https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/family-grapples-with-missing-dad-nonverbal-child-in-happiness-falls/WWPDCLDP6JCJHE2HVUP3DW7XGY/
Virginia author Angie Kim has wrapped a gripping whodunit around a tender examination of the unique challenges facing nonspeaking people and their families in “Happiness Falls.” Starting with a special-needs teenager who witnesses his father’s disappearance during the COVID-19 lockdown and venturing into the struggles the family endures while searching for their dad, Kim’s introspective and educational work of fiction ultimately illuminates the concept of being “nonverbal” as she challenges society’s tendency to associate oral fluency with intelligence...
https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/family-grapples-with-missing-dad-nonverbal-child-in-happiness-falls/WWPDCLDP6JCJHE2HVUP3DW7XGY/