A powerful debut of race, gender, heritage and survival, set against the backdrop of 19th century America. Orphaned Daiyu is alone on the streets. Then
she is kidnapped and smuggled from China to America. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been - in order to finally claim her own name and story.
At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction.