A Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Time, the Washington Post
One night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the beach. Later Louisa is found washed up by the tide, barely alive. Her father is gone. Louisa's father, Serk, an ethnic Korean born and raised in Japan, lost touch with his family when they relocated to the DPRK. Her American mother, Anne, is estranged from her family after a reckless adventure in her youth. And then there is Tobias, Anne's illegitimate son, whose reappearance in their lives will have astonishing consequences. What really happened to Louisa's father? Why did he take Louisa and her mother to Japan just before he disappeared? And how can we make sense of our lives when there's so much we can't see?