This was a sweet book of three generations of women. Each one living beautiful lives full of love and trials, mistakes and redemption.

This debut generational novel captured me from the beginning. Thai skillfully weaves a braided narrative following three generations of women. The story unfolds at a satisfying pace using different timelines. The circumstances of life choices are revealed in time to add detail to the challenges of the next generation. I enjoyed the insight into immigrant and first generation American lives.

Generational trauma writ large. Hard (painful) to read at times, but beautifully done. Lush writing and characters you can empathize with.

I honestly have no words. I went in blind not really knowing what to expect aside from this being a multi-generational family story. This just hits me in all of the way, the journey we saw the characters on, the way they are so immensely flawed but so undeniably human. The way Thao Thai wrote the weight of generational trauma and how it's carried over and the effort in breaking feel from said cycle (whether cleanly or to some some extent, it's just so painfully real). The way Thao Thai write is just so captivating, she was able to spun the simplest sentences into something that tug at my heartstrings. I love this book a lot and the women in it. I can't wait for it to come out. I look forward to the physical release of it and whatever Thao Thai plan to put out next.

Beautiful multi-generational family story where each storyline pulls its weight, portraying both the deadly weight of generational trauma and the redemption of finally breaking, to some extent, the cycle.