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Secrets of Happiness by Joan Silber is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Secrets of Happiness about?

When 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). "Rich 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." —The Wall Street JournalEthan, 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...

Who reads Secrets of Happiness?

Author

Joan Silber

Publisher

Catapult

Published

2021

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (443 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14