WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE[A] suspense-filled page-turner. Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Sympathizer"A touching portrait of two families bound together by a split-second decision. Attica Locke, Edgar-Award winning author of Bluebird, BluebirdA Best Book of the YearWall Street Journal/Chicago Tribune/ Buzzfeed / South Florida Sun-Sentinel/ Book Riot / LitHub / BOLO BooksA powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two familiesone Korean-American, one African-Americangrappling with the effects of a decades-old crimeIn the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as its been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. Shes distraught that her sister hasnt spoken to their mother in two years, for reasons beyond Graces understanding. Shawn has already had enough of politics and protest after an act of violence shattered his family years ago. He just wants to be left alone to enjoy his quiet life in Palmdale.But when another shocking crime hits LA, both the Park and Matthews families are forced to face down their history while navigating the tumult of a city on the brink of more violence.
