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A searing mother-daughter story exploring the diverse and unsettling realities of being an immigrant in America.
Suspenseful and deeply felt . . . raises questions about the reality of the American dream and illuminates stories that often go untold, in life as well as fiction
A stunningly powerful and original novel about social class, immigration and family
A beautiful debut novel that is unafraid to delve into the scary, deeply vulnerable places of our hearts
Haunting and heartbreaking, troubled threads between a mother and daughter blend together in a delicate and rich weave
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Nancy Jooyoun Kim is a graduate of UCLA and the University of Washington, Seattle. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Guernica, NPR/PRI's Selected Shorts, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, Asian American Writers' Workshop's The Margins, The Offing and elsewhere.