The Emperor of GladnessOne summer evening in the town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen year old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life altering bond. When Hai takes a job at a diner to support himself and Grazina, his fellow workers become the family he didn t expect to find. United by