Rey and Elena meet in New York on a tragic morning. She is the daughter of a fisherman from the Danube Delta, he is a failed artist who still hopes for success. She brings her mother's ashes to America, he wants to reach the heights his grandfather climbed to. Two mysterious souls connect when they trust each other to tell the story of their past. Stories about two families will take the reader into the magical world of New York from the late 1890s through the Romanian swamps of the mid-20th century to the present. “The Man Who Brings Happiness” is a novel full of tragedy and comedy, painting a picture of the terrible and amazing 20th century.< /p>