This novel is about Gioia, the book's protagonist, who is seventeen and has recently moved to a new city. She has difficulty relating to her new classmates because she is different: she isn't interested in parties or being fashionable; she is passionate about collecting untranslatable words in various languages. Her interests lead her to have no friends except her philosophy teacher, her grandmother, and her imaginary friend, Tonia. But one evening, after an argument with her parents, Gioia meets Lo, a boy who will appreciate her for who she is and transform her life. Meeting him, she realizes she is not alone, and from there, love will blossom, and Gioia will understand what this new feeling is.

I think this book is very good in terms of its plot and is quite easy to read. There are several twists and turns that make the reader want to continue reading. I recommend this book to teenagers to understand that each of us is unique and should be accepted and respected for who we are. I totally understand what it feels like to feel left out, and this book makes you realize the importance of friendship and how important it is to have someone by your side.

Gioia is a 17-year-old teenager with a sensitive personality, very different from her peers. She loves music her peers don't know, and she loves collecting words that can't be translated. Because she's different, she tends to isolate herself, shying away from parties and having no friends; the only person she can vent to is her philosophy teacher, with whom she interacts mostly during recess. Gioia has a complicated family life, and she finds herself struggling alone. One day, she meets her first love, Lo, the one she thinks will be forever, but suddenly he disappears, leaving only a few clues for Gioia, as only she can uncover the secret he's hiding.
This book is a story suitable for young people the protagonist's age. The author uses simple, direct, and engaging writing styles, reflecting the thoughts, ideas, and feelings that teenagers experience even today.

Gioia is a seventeen-year-old girl who recently moved to the city with her family. She appears very different from her peers, as she is uninterested in fashion and parties.

Gioia, however, has a very particular passion: collecting strange words that have a precise meaning in one language but are difficult to translate.

No one is able to understand the girl and her crazy passion except her philosophy teacher and Tania, her imaginary friend.

Her life will change when, after running away from home following one of her many arguments with her parents, she meets Lo, a boy as special as her, with a hidden secret.

A strong feeling will arise between the two and for the first time Gioia will feel understood and able to trust someone.

It is a very simple novel, flowing and capable of involving the reader.

I highly recommend reading this book because it contrasts the world of adolescence and the world of adults, making the reader reflect on this topic.

Gioia, a 17-year-old teenager, is a sensitive girl (a trait largely due to her parents' separation) and different from everyone else her age. She loves the music of years gone by, photography, and above all, she finds happiness and serenity in collecting words that cannot be translated from one language to another, those strange and peculiar words that have a meaning all their own. Her difference also includes not going to parties with her classmates and not having any friends. Gioia is never able to vent or open up to anyone except her philosophy teacher, with whom she interacts mostly during recess.

But one night, everything changes. While running away from home following an argument with her parents, Gioia meets a boy who is destined to become her first love, her true love. His name is Lo, and he will introduce her to a new world. Gioia opens up to him and is finally able to talk about herself with someone she trusts and who understands her. This adventure, however, is short-lived, as Lo disappears into thin air, leaving Gioia only a few clues, because obviously only she can uncover the secret he's hiding.

This book tells a gripping story, suitable for young people of the protagonist's age. The author uses a direct and emotional style of writing, and the story is captivating, reflecting the thoughts and feelings of teenagers.

This novel is by Enrico Galiano and was published in 2017.

The novel's protagonist is Gioia, a seventeen-year-old who recently moved to the city with her crazy family. Gioia appears completely different from other teenagers, as she's not interested in fashion or parties, but she has one great passion: collecting untranslatable words in various languages ​​around the world.

It seems that no one is able to understand the young girl, except her philosophy professor with whom she establishes a great relationship, and her imaginary friend Tonia.

Her life will take a turn when one evening, after an argument with her parents, Gioia runs away and meets a boy named Lo. Love blossoms between the two.

In the time the two spend together, Gioia feels for the first time that someone is capable of understanding her and her world.

The novel is written in a simple and direct way, it is able to strike and involve the reader.

Many kids can relate to the story of the two teenagers.

Furthermore, the world of adolescence with all its problems is well presented, and in contrast, the vision of a distant and detached adult world.

The book tells the story of a girl, Gioia, who recently moved to a new city where she has difficulty relating to her new classmates, due to her difference.

Gioia has a very difficult family situation; she spends her days with her sick grandmother and seeks comfort in Tonia, her only imaginary friend.

Gioia doesn't know that everything is about to change thanks to Lo, a boy as strange as she is, who will appreciate her for who she really is.

The language is very understandable and the reading is very pleasant and engaging, given the notable twists and turns.

Personally, I highly recommend reading this book to all teenagers.

Gioia Spada, a seventeen-year-old girl, is the protagonist of this book.

She has a grumpy personality according to her peers, but in reality she simply has different passions than them: being different from others, during adolescence, is an aspect that can be scary, but not to Gioia, who prefers to remain herself and not try to imitate her schoolmates.

Her family situation isn't the best: her parents are separated, but over the course of the story they get back together, albeit often arguing. To block out their screams, Gioia puts on headphones and listens to her favorite band, Pink Floyd, alongside her now-ailing grandmother Gemma, to whom she plays classical music with another pair of headphones.

When she hears her parents arguing for the umpteenth time, she leaves the house and, after running for a long time, realizes she's arrived somewhere she's never seen before. Not only doesn't she know the place, she doesn't even know who the boy she meets that night is, playing darts in a seemingly abandoned bar. Upon speaking to him, she discovers he calls himself Lo.

Gioia doesn't yet know that Lo will completely turn her life upside down, for better or for worse: for better because he makes her discover love and its secrets, for worse because she often wonders if she thinks she really knows him, until she discovers that this isn't the case.

The search for her boyfriend, who has apparently disappeared, fills Gioia's days, as she seeks comfort and advice from her philosophy professor and the owner of the BarA, who seems abandoned at night. She finally finds him and demonstrates her courage and commitment in helping him overcome the syndrome that afflicts her lover, a feat she succeeds in at the end of the story.

This is a book that tackles all the issues of adolescence: love, friendship, school, relationships with family. That's why I was so captivated by the story, because even though I didn't experience life like Gioia, I recognized myself in her as I read some passages. I also really appreciated some of the reflections, and I also appreciated the fact that the book is written in a very fluent language, suitable for young people.

And Yet We Fall Happy is the debut novel by author Enrico Galiano. The story revolves around Gioia, a teenager who recently moved to the city where she lives with her unbalanced family and faces daily fears and difficulties. Every day she takes refuge from the jokes and laughter of her classmates, who don't seem to understand her, arguing with her philosophy teacher, who seems to genuinely appreciate Gioia for who she is, and talking for hours with her imaginary friend Tonia, who seems to really exist for the protagonist.

Gioia's life will change forever when she meets a boy named Lo, perhaps even stranger than her, with whom she develops a bond of affection and respect. Thus, a glimmer of hope seems to shine in the adolescent darkness that overwhelms Gioia and beyond; her beauty and inner richness are rare and therefore understood by few.

The novel engages the reader, making it captivating to read thanks to its numerous twists and turns, and manages to address adolescent issues through the personal stories of the two protagonists, who are linked precisely by their way of living life, which is sometimes hostile to them.

Gioia is a seventeen-year-old girl with separated parents and a life that's anything but cheerful. At school, ironically, she's the "NeverJoy" of the bunch; she doesn't like parties, she doesn't laugh for the same reasons as her classmates, she doesn't have a group of friends, and she much prefers listening to old-fashioned music with her dying grandmother. The only person she enjoys talking to at school is her philosophy teacher, so much so that she spends her break time with him, asking him any questions, even the strangest ones, that come to mind.

Two things make her happy: photography and collecting untranslatable words. Like Besa, for example, which, in Albanian, represents an unbreakable promise.

But the monotony of her life is broken when one evening, running away from home following an argument between her parents, she meets a boy named Lo who helps her discover love, true love, makes her feel good, makes her happy, until, one day, he disappears leaving her only a note.

Gioia can't accept it and begins her search. After all, only she can find him, only she can discover his secrets.

It's a beautiful and intriguing book, written fluently and in simple language. A love story that's anything but predictable, the story of the two characters is gripping. It's a novel full of twists and turns, suitable for teenagers as it explores reflections on this age.

Gioia Spada is a seventeen-year-old with a very difficult life and various family problems.

She's not like other girls her age. She loves music her peers don't listen to, she enjoys finding and learning the meaning of untranslatable words, spending her breaks with Professor Bove, her philosophy teacher, and asking him all the questions that come to mind, even the strangest ones.

Gioia has trouble making friends; the only person she can talk to freely, besides her dying grandmother, is Tania, her imaginary best friend.

Her life changes when one evening, after an argument with her parents, she meets a boy named Lo with whom she falls madly in love.

With him, Gioia will be able to feel loved and be truly happy for the first time.

I must say that even though the book is based on a love story between two teenagers, it is not at all banal or predictable, it is full of twists and turns, intriguing and engaging.

I recommend it to everyone because it is a book with simple and flowing language, but at the same time profound and rich in meaning.

This book is about an extraordinary girl, Gioia, seventeen, who doesn't have much of a social connection with her peers, so much so that her only friend is imaginary and she's not the least bit interested in anything related to her age, such as friendships, parties, boys.

She comes from a rather chaotic family background, with her grandmother who isn't very well and two parents who weren't very well for Gioia. 

Her only hobby is taking lots and lots of photos of people from behind, because in her opinion they are more real, more truthful.

But at a certain point, one random evening, Gioia finds herself leaving the house after her parents' argument, and while she's dozing on the porch of a seemingly abandoned bar, she hears a noise, something metallic banging against the wall. Gioia looks across the porch and spots a hooded man playing darts with a jar of rocks on a small table. 

From here on, it will be a rollercoaster of contrasting emotions for Gioia.

Maybe she'll find some happiness too?!

I really enjoyed this book. I was struck by the fact that the novel is about a teenage love intertwined with a much more complicated story, and the psychological problems that can plague a normal teenager.

Even though it deals with heavy subjects in some parts, this novel managed to really engage me.

The book “And Yet We Fall Happy” by Enrico Galliano tells the story of a seventeen-year-old named Gioia. 

Gioia is a girl like any other, yet she's constantly excluded from class, misunderstood by no one, or at least no one ever seriously tries to get close to her. Yet she's a very intelligent girl, despite some of her odd behaviors. 

Her seemingly strange way of behaving is due to her almost disastrous family situation, to the burdens she is forced to shoulder every day, to her withdrawal into herself without speaking to anyone except the old Professor Bove from whom she asks for advice, her grandmother who is in a vegetative state and her imaginary friend Tonia. 

Her life changes when, on one of her escapes from home, Gioia meets a boy who says his name is Lo, a rather reserved, peculiar type, who always wears black hoodies.

The two become friends, spending hours talking, having many similar interests and confiding in each other, even though Lo doesn't like talking about his family; for example, when Gioia mentions her father, Lo gets angry and his expression changes. Only when they are together, however, do they complement each other, so they get together. One day, Lo disappears, leaving her a note. From that day on, many things will change. Gioia will initially hate him, but then she will understand that the situation isn't as simple as she thought, but that, in fact, she had ended up in a story bigger than herself. 

At the end of the story, the girl will have her redemption, she will be able to feel important to someone, not to be influenced by gossip and malice, showing who she really is.

I found this book very beautiful, compelling, and intriguing. It's also conversational, and although it's a long read, it's interesting and made me think a lot.

I found the ending engaging and at the same time a little distressing, completely different from my expectations. It made me reflect on aspects I usually don't give much importance to, or that I sometimes almost tend to take for granted. I understood how important it is to have someone to talk to, to be able to be yourself, without having to pretend, and I understood what it feels like to be alone, the fear of having no one, of never being enough, and of feeling lost, empty, invisible. 

This story made me think about the necessity and blessing of having a close family that loves you. I felt disgusted by a father who raises his hands at his mother and children, who comes home drunk and raises his voice for no reason. I was struck by the phrase underlying the book's title: "Don't be afraid to listen to the sound of happiness." Happiness lies in the little things; not everyone always manages to grasp it; some trample on it, others protect it and spread it among the people. I found the book truly intense, rich in nuance and twists.