HAPPINESS FALLS

Shannon Tyo, Sean Patrick Hopkins, and Thomas Pruyn narrate this riveting story, which begs the question: How well do we truly know the members of our family? Twenty-year-old Mia and her twin brother are home from college during the pandemic when their father goes missing. He was at the park with their younger brother, Eugene, an autistic teenager with Angelman syndrome, but only Eugene comes home. Tyo captures Mia's narrative voice as we follow the family's frantic search for her father. Hopkins performs journal entries from the father's perspective, and Thomas Pruyn, an autistic performer, narrates Eugene's point of view. Both Hopkins and Pruyn's performances add layers of vital insight into this complex family. K.D.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2023]