A review by sakeriver
The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang

This is easily one of the best books I've read this year. Beautifully written, full of devastating little truths, and with an ending that continues to haunt me, months later. Though the lives of the family depicted in this book are unsettling and often dark, there are moments of grace throughout, as well. I struggle to come up with something tidy that can sum up with this book is "about," but if I had to say, I'd say it's about family, and how we both are and are not defined by the traumas in our lives, and how experiences can resound down through generations. Fantastic book, I highly recommend it.