The emperor of Gladness The magic world of big Adam When Tiwaa Opare’s family moves

When Tiwaa Opare’s family moves to Cape Coast for her mother’s new job

Sisi Yaa the iced water seller

unlike the Vampyre Council

One by one

she’s made it her mission to make sure the women of the African-Caribbean Society at Whitewell University do not fall into the mess of “situationships”

The emperor of Gladness The magic world of big Adam When Tiwaa Opare’s family movesOcean Vuong returns with an achingly beautiful novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive. One late summer evening in the post industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen year old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him