~ Standard Hardcover

Searching for Sylvie Lee untangles the complicated ties binding three women (two sisters and their mother) in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears unraveling a series of family secrets . . . 

A deeply moving story of family, secrets, identity, and longing, Searching for Sylvie Lee is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive portrait of an immigrant family, exploring the many ways in which culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of ever truly knowing someone, especially those we love.