How can a man make peace with the terrors of his past? How can a child regain trust in unconditional love? How can a family stop burying its history and forge a way through it, to a more honest intimacy? Isn’t this what they sacrificed so much for? But then little Annabel begins to sleepwalk at night, putting into motion a string of misunderstandings that not only threaten to set their community against them but force to the surface the secrets that have made them fear one another. Once Patty landed a tech job near Dallas, she and Liang grew secure enough to have a second child, and to send for their first from his grandparents back in China. Shocks, awes, and delights.” -Bryan Washington, author of Memorialįrom the outside, the Chengs seem like so-called model immigrants. Weaves the transience of suburbia between the highs and lows of a family saga. ” -Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs and Birds of America “A tender, spiky family saga about love in all its mysterious incarnations. Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, The Washington Post, and Harper’s Bazaar
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