A review by ninaprime
Happiness by Aminatta Forna

3.0

3.5 stars - Forna weaves together a many-layered story of connection, trauma, and loss, positing that ultimately humans need those experiences to understand and embrace happiness. I found the characters interesting, particularly the immigrant street-sweepers and doormen that contribute to Jean's study and Attila's hunt for his missing neice, but the plot moves at a tepid pace and not all the threads came together for me.

Book club selection, July 2022