The Happiness of Kati

The Happiness of Kati (ความสุขของกะทิ) is a novel written by Ngarmpun Vejjajiva, for which she received the S.E.A.[1] The Happiness of Kati is the story of a nine-year-old girl who lives with her grandparents in a house near a river.One day her grandmother asks Kati if she would like to go to visit her mother who is very ill, with motor neuron disease.Kati agrees and travels to the house near the sea to spend some time with her mother.After 7 days she receives no response and decides to go back to her grandparents’ house and spends the rest of her life happy without knowing her father.
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