Thank you so much to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for a digital arc in exchange for an honest review!

I love family stories exploring grief, family history and connection so I was drawn to the description of this book. Aimee (or Amy, as she's Americanized her name) moved to New York to pursue her dream of photography and hasn't been back to her home town of Eternal Spring in China for over a decade. One day she receives a letter from her sister saying that her mother has died, prompting her to make the journey home.

Throughout the book we see both Aimee in present day as she deals with her grief and the fallout of seeing her family for the first time in year, as well as flashbacks of her childhood growing up in a small Chinese village. This book is a stunning debut by Angel Di Zhang. Her writing is lush and evocative, really making you feel like you're experiencing things with Aimee. I highly recommend this book and I'm also excited to see where Angel Di Zhang's literary career goes from here!