'Deeply moving' Abi Daré 'Weaves expertly between present and past' Celeste Ng
'Unforgettable' Washington Post 'Mesmerising' Harper's Bazaar Suchi first sees Haiwen
in their Shanghai neighbourhood when she is seven years old drawn by the sound of his violin.
Their childhood friendship blossoms into love but when Haiwen secretly enlists in the
Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft Suchi is left with just his violin
and a note: Forgive Me . Sixty years later recently widowed Haiwen spots Suchi at a grocery
store in Los Angeles. It feels to Haiwen like a second chance but Suchi has only survived by
refusing to look back. In the twilight of their lives can they reclaim their past and the love
they lost? Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese
history telling Haiwen's story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi's from her
childhood to the present meeting at the crucible of their lives. From Shanghai to Hong Kong
Taiwan and the United States neither loses sight of the home they hold in their hearts. 'A
love story in more ways than one' Vanessa Chan
