The Emperor of Gladness Crime Cam's full-throttle life skids to

Cam's full-throttle life skids to a stop when her father buys a remote island off the coast of Maine

And who can blame him

Start your day with coffee

Flummoxed by fractions

unable to meet this pressing need

The Emperor of Gladness Crime Cam's full-throttle life skids toOcean Vuong returns with a bighearted 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 to take