Joan Liang's life is a series of surprising developments: she never thought she would leave Taiwan (and for all places, California), nor did she expect her first marriage to implode - especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy American and become his fourth wife and mother to his youngest children. Through all this she asks herself the question familiar to so many of us: what are we living for? And are we ever truly satisfied?
Read MoreKathy Wang's engaging character study [has] a cool, crystalline, lightly witty detachment ... One for fans of Ann Patchett and Anne Tyler - The TimesBeautifully observed ... vividly portrays both immense tragedy and quiet success in the trajectory of a single life with compassion, humour and wisdom - Hannah Beckerman, ObserverCaptivating, beautiful, superbly told ... Just sublime! - Woman's Weekly