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Book SynopsisBEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2023: The Boston Globe, Deep South Magazine, Ms. Magazine, BookRiot; TOP 20 BOOKS OF 2023: BookBrowse
Brilliant, absorbing, and powerfully moving. Cheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author of Wild
[A] gripping and tenderly executed drama. The New York Times
A novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of 1950s New York City and Louisiana, following one young man's quest to survive an often misunderstood disease, and find love, music, and himself, in the process.
Victor Chin's life is turned upside down at the tender age of 15. Diagnosed with Hansen's disease, otherwise known as leprosy, he's forced to leave the familiar confines of his father's laundry business in the Bronx the only home he's known since emigrating from China with his older brother to quarantine alongside patients from all over the country at a federal instituti
