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A shirt-grabbing love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of destiny that require almost unimaginable options. Joy begins with a wonderful courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-roaming California young lady, and Brian, an intellectual, homebody writer, kind and slyly funny but loath to leave his Upper West Side studio. Their mysterious interlude ends, full stop, when Heather becomes pregnant - Brian is sure he loves her, only he doesn't want kids. Heather profits to California to deliver their daughter exclusively, buoyed by family and friends. Mere time after Gracie's entrance, Heather's bliss is interrupted whenever a nurse wakes her: 'Get outfitted. Your child is in trouble.' This isn't how Heather experienced imagined new motherhood - exclusively, heartsick, an unexpectedly single caretaker of a baby who smelled 'like sliced up apples and salted pretzels' but might be perilously ill. Brian reappears as Gracie's condition grows dire; mutually, Heather and Brian have to decide what they are willing to associated risk to ensure their young lady considers adulthood. The sophistication and humour that ripple through Harpham's writing transform the dross of heartbreak and parental doubts into a clear-eyed, warm-hearted view of the world. Profoundly moving and subtly written, Joy radiates in many directions - new, loving love; appreciation for a beautiful, inscrutable world; deep, abiding camaraderie; the love a parent or guardian has for a child; and the countless improbable ways to create a family. Eventually, it's a story about love and joy in their many crooked configurations.
