Homeseeking - A Novel

An epic and intimate tale of one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland. "Weaves expertly between past and present.... A kaleidoscopic yet intimate view of the Chinese diaspora, A single choice can define an entire life. Suchi first sees Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood when she is seven years old, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossoms into;love, but when Haiwen secretly enlists in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, Suchi is left with just his violin and a note: Sixty years later, recently widowed Haiwen spots Suchi at a grocery store in Los Angeles. It feels to Haiwen like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back. In the twilight of their lives, can they reclaim their past and the love they lost?

Product details

• Authors: Karissa Chen
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2025
• EAN: 9780593854433
• ISBN: 978-0-593-85443-3
• No. of pages: 500
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Romance / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Relating to Asian American people, FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general