Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura is a well-written, thought-provoking work of literary fiction. It is intense, with a melancholy vibe, but for this reader it was engaging and fascinating. The main character, Tatum Vega, confronts her younger self who was caught up in a toxic power dynamic/relationship with an older, famous author. What I especially liked about the novel was that Tatum currently is living with her partner in Chile, working a job that she loves, incredibly happy with her new life. She seemingly has moved past this critical, emotional time, but is forced to reexamine the relationship truthfully when a reporter contacts her looking for corroboration for an assault charge brought by another woman against her former lover. Woman Tatum is revisiting younger Tatum and through a letter she writes to her ex, she lays bare to the reader, and to herself, the fraught ten year relationship young Tatum experienced with this man, as reassessed by her older, more mature self. Her careful separation between her past and present disintegrates. Beautifully written. Amazingly a debut. This is an author to watch.