Book
Happiness
Call Number
- FICTION FORN (OSH)
Publication Information
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2018]
Physical Description
312 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
A fox makes its way across London's Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide - Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech. In this delicate tale of love and loss, of cruelty and kindness, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the interconnectedness of lives, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures, and the true nature of happiness.
A fox makes its way across London's Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide: Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech but also trying to locate a missing friend caught up in an immigration sweep. From this chance encounter the two work together to find Ama, and a deepening friendship unfolds.