Perfect Happiness

With unparalleled psychological precision, master of crime and suspense fiction You-Jeong Jeong weaves a domestic nightmare centered on Yuna Shin: wife, mother, sister-and covert narcissist.

Everyone in Yuna's life is desperate to keep her happy: her partners, parents, and terrified six-year-old daughter. Even when she's not blaming or hitting, the threat of her mood keeps her family from bonding, touching, or even speaking long enough to realize she's playing them against each other. But when little Jiyoo's feverish memories of loons hint at a troubling crime, Yuna's estranged sister and guilt-ridden husband begin to reconstruct her movements, the unexplained tragedies in Yuna's history, and the lies she's told for years. For the first time, Yuna's traumatized family members will have to confront the truth of her depravity and learn that no one--no matter how young--is safe from her wrath.

After all, Yuna believes that happiness requires subtraction. And she wants nothing less than perfect happiness.

You-Jeong Jeong, known as South Korea's Stephen King, is an award-winning and bestselling author of psychological thrillers and crime fiction. Her novels Seven Years of Darkness, 28, and The Good Son were selected as "Book of the Year" by major media outlets and bookstores, gaining widespread acclaim. These works have been translated and published in twenty-three countries, including the U.S., UK, France, Germany, Finland, China, Japan, and Brazil.

Sean Lin Halbert holds an MA in Korean literature from Seoul National University. He is the recipient of the LTI Korea Aspiring Translator Award, the Korea Times Korean Literature Translation Award, and the GKL Translation Award. He lives in Seoul with his wife and daughter and teaches at LTI Korea Translation Academy. Perfect Happiness is his sixth novel in translation.