Disappearing Moon Cafe holds such a special place in me. I first read it during my undergrad at SFU for a Canadian Lit course, and it stayed my favourite novel for decades. Sky Lee's way of weaving generational silence, identity, and the Chinese-Canadian experience into something so visceral... it's never left me.
Funny thing. For decades, Disappearing Moon Cafe was my favourite novel... until recently I wrote my own debut novel, How to Break a Girl: Whatever doesn't break you makes you write a novel about it, also Asian Canadian women's literary fiction (but contemporary), which explores some of that same emotional territory: identity, inheritance, and what we carry without choosing to. The Richmond Public Library has just added it to their collection, and it's also available at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre.
If you're ever looking for your next read and feel the inclination, I'd be so grateful for your thoughts. 🤍
Funny thing. For decades, Disappearing Moon Cafe was my favourite novel... until recently I wrote my own debut novel, How to Break a Girl: Whatever doesn't break you makes you write a novel about it, also Asian Canadian women's literary fiction (but contemporary), which explores some of that same emotional territory: identity, inheritance, and what we carry without choosing to. The Richmond Public Library has just added it to their collection, and it's also available at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre.
If you're ever looking for your next read and feel the inclination, I'd be so grateful for your thoughts. 🤍