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The Untangling: Essays on Breaking Apart and the Spaces Between
"Tiffany, every connection I've made with you on this platform has made me realize there are other writers out there with sensitive souls, who understand the depth of both suffering and compassion and who are using their gifts to heal the world. Thank you for being here." -Jeannie Ewing
What happens when the stories we're told about faith, family, and belonging begin to unravel? In this powerful collection of essays, Tiffany Chu charts a course through the aftermath of loss and the journey toward reconstruction. With prose that is both lyrical and precise, she examines the spaces between cultures, between beliefs, between who we were and who we become.
These essays, originally published online, move fearlessly through territory both intimate and a crisis of faith, the complexities of cross-cultural identity, the grief of losing a child, and the challenge of building a home in the aftermath of loss. Yet within these explorations of breaking apart, Chu discovers unexpected beauty and connection.
From the fog-wrapped mountains of Taiwan to the sun-bleached streets of Southern California, from the sterile corridors of hospitals to the warm embrace of chosen family, 'The Untangling' offers a profound meditation on how we carry our wounds while continuing to reach for light. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt caught between worlds, anyone who has loved through loss, anyone searching for home in the spaces between.
"Tiffany’s writing is like the gift of a warm fire on a winter’s night. A poignant alchemy of all layers of the experiences and emotions that make up the human condition, her words will continue to resound in your heart long after your first encounter with them." -Suyin Tan
What happens when the stories we're told about faith, family, and belonging begin to unravel? In this powerful collection of essays, Tiffany Chu charts a course through the aftermath of loss and the journey toward reconstruction. With prose that is both lyrical and precise, she examines the spaces between cultures, between beliefs, between who we were and who we become.
These essays, originally published online, move fearlessly through territory both intimate and a crisis of faith, the complexities of cross-cultural identity, the grief of losing a child, and the challenge of building a home in the aftermath of loss. Yet within these explorations of breaking apart, Chu discovers unexpected beauty and connection.
From the fog-wrapped mountains of Taiwan to the sun-bleached streets of Southern California, from the sterile corridors of hospitals to the warm embrace of chosen family, 'The Untangling' offers a profound meditation on how we carry our wounds while continuing to reach for light. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt caught between worlds, anyone who has loved through loss, anyone searching for home in the spaces between.
"Tiffany’s writing is like the gift of a warm fire on a winter’s night. A poignant alchemy of all layers of the experiences and emotions that make up the human condition, her words will continue to resound in your heart long after your first encounter with them." -Suyin Tan
116 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 15, 2025
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Tiffany Chu
10 books14 followersTiffany Chu is a Taiwanese American literary fantasy author of stories that aim to stab your heart out with a spoon. She has been called “the queen of angsty beauty,” and writes on evergreen themes of grief, belonging, and what it means to be human.
Her essays and short stories have been published by San Diego Writers, Inc., Chicago Story Press, and Renewal Missions.
She is obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and reads it religiously every year. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two surviving children.
Tiffany writes a weekly newsletter where she shares literary nonfiction and fiction. To read more of her writing, subscribe at https://tiffanychu.ghost.io/
Her essays and short stories have been published by San Diego Writers, Inc., Chicago Story Press, and Renewal Missions.
She is obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and reads it religiously every year. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two surviving children.
Tiffany writes a weekly newsletter where she shares literary nonfiction and fiction. To read more of her writing, subscribe at https://tiffanychu.ghost.io/
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March 18, 2026
4.5 ⭐️ — I dont think there'll every be something written by tiffany that I dont love ! her writing style is so lovely and the vulnerability in this essay collection makes me heart ache !
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