>> Rebecca: OUR SEPTEMBER GMA BOOK CLUB PICK "HAPPINESS BOOK CLUB PICK "HAPPINESS FALLS," BY ANGIE KIM, A LOT OF FALLS," BY ANGIE KIM, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WHAT IT MEANS TO CONVERSATIONS WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEONE. TRULY COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEONE. JUJU CHANG SAT DOWN WITH ANGIE JUJU CHANG SAT DOWN WITH ANGIE AND IS BACK FOR THAT. AND IS BACK FOR THAT. >> "HAPPINESS FALLS" ALSO A >> "HAPPINESS FALLS" ALSO A STUDY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HAPPY STUDY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HAPPY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW AND AND WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW AND LOVE YOUR FAMILY. LOVE YOUR FAMILY. BUT IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN A BUT IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN A MYSTERY WITH JAW-DROPPING TWISTS MYSTERY WITH JAW-DROPPING TWISTS AND TURNS. AND TURNS. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM PARSON, >> WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM PARSON, THE QUESTION AT THE HEART OF THE QUESTION AT THE HEART OF ANGIE KIM'S ILLUMINATING INSTANT ANGIE KIM'S ILLUMINATING INSTANT BEST SELLER, "HAPPINESS FALLS." BEST SELLER, "HAPPINESS FALLS." A FATHER GOES MISSING IN A A FATHER GOES MISSING IN A VIRGINIA PARK, HIS TEENAGE SON VIRGINIA PARK, HIS TEENAGE SON UNIQUE HOLDING THE KEY TO UNIQUE HOLDING THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF HIS UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF HIS DISAPPEARS. DISAPPEARS. >> EUGENE HAS ANGELMAN'S >> EUGENE HAS ANGELMAN'S SYNDROME, AND CANNOT SPEAK, THE SYNDROME, AND CANNOT SPEAK, THE ONLY PERSON WITH THE FATHER WHEN ONLY PERSON WITH THE FATHER WHEN HE WENT MISSING SO THE FAMILY HE WENT MISSING SO THE FAMILY HAS TO LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITH HAS TO LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ONE ANOTHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FATHER. HAPPENED TO THE FATHER. THERE ARE THREE KIDS. THERE ARE THREE KIDS. MIA IS THE NARRATOR, SHE AND HER MIA IS THE NARRATOR, SHE AND HER FRATERNAL TWIN JOHN ARE 20 YEARS FRATERNAL TWIN JOHN ARE 20 YEARS OLD, AND EUGENE, EVERYBODY OLD, AND EUGENE, EVERYBODY TREATS AS A BABY, HE'S 14 YEARS TREATS AS A BABY, HE'S 14 YEARS OLD BUT CANNOT SPEAK. OLD BUT CANNOT SPEAK. IT'S A THRILLER BUT SO MUCH IT'S A THRILLER BUT SO MUCH PHILOSOPHY IN IT. PHILOSOPHY IN IT. THE WHOLE IDEA OF IF YOU CAN'T THE WHOLE IDEA OF IF YOU CAN'T SPEAK, THAT ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE SPEAK, THAT ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE NOT BRIGHT. NOT BRIGHT. BUT THIS BOOK KIND OF SHATTERS BUT THIS BOOK KIND OF SHATTERS THAT. THAT. >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE. FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE. SO I CAME FROM KOREA TO THE U.S. SO I CAME FROM KOREA TO THE U.S. AS AN 11-YEAR-OLD, BACK IN AS AN 11-YEAR-OLD, BACK IN KOREA, I WAS AT THE TOP OF MY KOREA, I WAS AT THE TOP OF MY CLASS, AND THEN I CAME HERE AND CLASS, AND THEN I CAME HERE AND I DIDN'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH. I DIDN'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH. AND I TRULY UNDERSTOOD FOR THE AND I TRULY UNDERSTOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR SOCIETY HAS FIRST TIME THAT OUR SOCIETY HAS THIS REALLY DEEP-SEEDED THIS REALLY DEEP-SEEDED ASSUMPTION THAT ORAL IS ASSUMPTION THAT ORAL IS EQUIVALENT TO INTELLIGENCE. EQUIVALENT TO INTELLIGENCE. >> HER PERSONAL STORY, >> HER PERSONAL STORY, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SPELLING AS COMMUNICATION, SPELLING AS COMMUNICATION, VOLUNTEERS. VOLUNTEERS. >> I TEACH CREATIVE WRITING TO A >> I TEACH CREATIVE WRITING TO A BUNCH OF NONSPEAKERS, MOST OF BUNCH OF NONSPEAKERS, MOST OF WHOM ARE AUTISTIC, AND SO THEY WHOM ARE AUTISTIC, AND SO THEY USE SPELLING ON THESE BOARDS USE SPELLING ON THESE BOARDS THAT ARE HELD UP IN ORDER TO THAT ARE HELD UP IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE. COMMUNICATE. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING? YOU ARE FEELING? >> WE WATCHED, AS TRAINED >> WE WATCHED, AS TRAINED PRACTITIONERS SAT WITH STUDENTS PRACTITIONERS SAT WITH STUDENTS WHO SPELLED THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHO SPELLED THEIR THOUGHTS ON THEIR OWN. THEIR OWN. LETTER BY PAINSTAKING LETTER. LETTER BY PAINSTAKING LETTER. >> A MIX OF EUPHORIA AND PURE >> A MIX OF EUPHORIA AND PURE PANIC. PANIC. MY GOSH, IAN, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. MY GOSH, IAN, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. >> ANGIE WRITING ABOUT THIS >> ANGIE WRITING ABOUT THIS UNIQUE, YET CONTROVERSIAL UNIQUE, YET CONTROVERSIAL THERAPY IN HER NOVEL. THERAPY IN HER NOVEL. FULL OF PLOT TWISTS AND FULL OF PLOT TWISTS AND SUSPENSE. SUSPENSE. >> HOPEFULLY THE TIDE IS TURNING >> HOPEFULLY THE TIDE IS TURNING AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE STARTING TO AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE STARTING TO STOP UNDERESTIMATING PEOPLE STOP UNDERESTIMATING PEOPLE BASED ON OUR PERCEPTIONS OF BASED ON OUR PERCEPTIONS OF THEM. THEM. >> AND TO START SEEING >> AND TO START SEEING EVERYBODY'S INTELLIGENCE AND EVERYBODY'S INTELLIGENCE AND HUMANITY, ESPECIALLY HUMANITY, ESPECIALLY