Perfect Happiness

In this propulsive thriller, master of crime and suspense fiction You-Jeong Jeong, author of The Good Son, takes us to the Korean countryside in a domestic nightmare centered around the life and goals of Yuna Shin: wife, mother, sister--and covert narcissist.

Everyone in Yuna's life knows to tread carefully in her presence. Her husband dreads the moment that they'll reunite after their latest fight. Her daughter Jiyoo obeys her mother's rules even when "Mischievous Mouse," the naughty voice in her head, urges her otherwise. And wicked sister Jane, of whom Yuna has always been jealous, avoids Yuna at all costs. But then little Jiyoo begins to talk feverishly about the loons at the Half Moon Marsh, the loons that won't stop calling, and Jane is forced to reckon with her sister's deadly history.

With unparalleled psychological precision and a fine literary sensibility underlying its achievement as a thriller, Perfect Happiness is the story of one narcissist's drive for complete happiness, told through the eyes of her family members. Will they ever be the same--or even make it out alive?