It's a slow-moving story, but the character dynamics are really good, especially the mother-daughter relationship between Lily and Mama. But, after I finished, I read the author was not only Asian, but a corporate lawyer involved in anti-human trafficking and child abuse. Lily escapes to a bolthole she has created in the attic and as if the toxic atmosphere in the home isn’t bad enough she starts to have flashbacks which present a puzzling conundrum, who exactly is the bad fruit? As her mother becomes increasingly unhinged, Lily starts to have flashbacks that she knows aren't her own. This story is about one of the most dysfunctional and toxic families it would ever be your misfortune to meet.

I don't want to reveal too much about my family life—I mean I'm wearing a ski mask in my profile pic so that should give you an idea of my desire to be incognito—but this particular story was difficile to get through.The story is told from the viewpoint of Lily, 18, who has been offered a place at Oxford and just wants to survive the summer at home. As she works through what this could mean, her already volatile relationship with her mother becomes increasingly tense. Now, I'm not saying all Asian moms are like this, or only Asian moms can be like this—but let's just put it this way, if you know, you know. In this lushly poisonous tale, we follow a teenage girl on the cusp of freedom from her tyrannical mother.

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