'[ Homeseeking ] weaves expertly between present and past telling the story of childhood
sweethearts who meet again late in life and are torn between looking back and moving on . . .
kaleidoscopic yet intimate' - Celeste Ng There are moments when a single choice can define an
entire life. Haiwen and Suchi are teenage sweethearts in 1940s Shanghai their childhood
friendship has blossomed into young love and they believe that they are soulmates. But when
Haiwen secretly decides to enlist in the army to keep his brother from the draft their shared
future is shattered. Their paths take them far afield from each other with the exception of
one pivotal chance encounter on the Hong Kong ferry in 1966. Sixty years later Haiwen now
in his late seventies is bagging bananas at a 99 Ranch in Los Angeles when he lifts his head
to once more see Suchi. As they begin to rekindle their friendship it feels like they might
have a second chance to live the life they were supposed to have together. But the weight of
the past lives with them at every moment and only time will tell if they are able to forge
something new. Told in alternating narratives Homeseeking spans seven decades through the
most tumultuous period of modern Chinese history up to contemporary times tracing the
separated lovers as they migrate from Shanghai to Hong Kong Taiwan and America.
