Critical Praise

"She writes with great sensory detail, allowing her reader to touch, taste and feel the world she creates."

——Library Journal

"Tsukiyama’s writing style has a controlled fluidity, that hints at explosive passions lurking beneath the surface…. A sensory experience."

——Los Angeles Japanese Daily

"Tsukiyama’s third novel offers delicately fashioned glimpses of the charmed lives of two Hong Kong-born sisters and the family matriarchs who inspire and perplex them."

——The New York Times Book Review

"Tsukiyama brings a fluid elegance to her complicated novels."

——San Francisco Chronicle