Nights When Nothing Happened: A Novel

By: Simon Han

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Synopsis: Named a Best Book of the Year by TIMENamed a Most Anticipated book for Fall by USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Harper&’s Bazaar, Esquire, and more.&“A tender, spiky family saga about love in all its mysterious incarnations.&” —Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs and Birds of America&“Absolutely luminous… Weaves the transience of suburbia between the highs and lows of a family saga. . . Shocks, awes, and delights.&” —Bryan Washington, author of Memorial From the outside, the Chengs seem like so-called model immigrants. Once Patty landed a tech job near Dallas, she and Liang grew secure enough to have a second child, and to send for their first from his grandparents back in China. Isn&’t this what they sacrificed so much for? But then little Annabel begins to sleepwalk at night, putting into motion a string of misunderstandings that not only threaten to set their community against them but force to the surface the secrets that have made them fear one another. How can a man make peace with the terrors of his past? How can a child regain trust in unconditional love? How can a family stop burying its history and forge a way through it, to a more honest intimacy? Nights When Nothing Happened is gripping storytelling immersed in the crosscurrents that have reshaped the American landscape, from a prodigious new literary talent.