Happiness like water5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta ![]() This unsettling and thoughtful book had me thinking about it long after I finished reading it, not only because of the complicated nature of family but also because of its powerful look at humanity and empathy. She becomes his inadvertent accomplice as they road-trip across the country, and the two sleep in parks, fight for animal rights, and end up on an animal-releasing spree at a zoo, all while the older McCloud sisters look desperately for their missing sister. That is, until the three-year anniversary of the tornado, when Tucker resurfaces, and takes his nine-year-old sister, Cora, with him. After media attention and scrutiny, the brother, Tucker, abandons his sisters and disappears. The four McCloud children were orphaned as kids after a category 5 tornado destroyed their home and parents. ![]() The author also was the first American woman to form a movie production company, and she used these funds and notoriety to help conserve parts of the Limberlands (in Indiana) that still are preserved today! The Wildlands by Abby Geni ![]()
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