Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781529154078
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2025
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK


Description:
The unmissable debut novel



For fans of The Vanishing Half and Little Fires Everywhere, a sweeping and heartfelt debut about finding your roots across borders and beyond blood-ties




'A magical read ... that will break your heart then put it back together again' Stylist Book of the Month



'I am bereft to have finished it! From the suburbs of Philadelphia to the streets of Saigon, I was completely immersed in the lives of these very special characters. I loved it.' EMILY ITAMI, author of Fault Lines



'A beautifully told story of family, identity, loss and belonging' JENNIE GODFREY, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things



'Poignant and powerful, this is a novel that lingers long after the final page' JEAN KWOK, author of Girl in Translation



'Beautifully written and accomplished' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS, author of Fundamentally



'Authentic and full of life' JESSICA STANLEY, author of Consider Yourself Kissed




May 1998- Mimi Traung and her baby daughter Ngan wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. There is still a day's travelling left before they would land back home on Vietnamese soil. While they prepare to board, the unimaginable happens.




Seventeen years later, two best friends are discussing their summer plans before college over a piece of mooncake. Both have trips ahead in search of their roots- Sabrina is preparing to travel to China to meet her mother's family. Kit leaves for Tokyo, convinced that her biologica