The story is the first person narrative of Olivia Laguni, a San Francisco native, daughter of a Chinese immigrant father and Italian mother. On her father's deathbed he asks Olivia's mother to bring his never-before-spoken-of daughter from China to the US. Kwan becomes Olivia's substitute mother and raises her with stories of the yin world--an afterworld. The ensuing story is about Olivia's struggle to accept and love her half-sister Kwan for who she is, yin eyes and all. The story is also threaded with Olivia's relationship with her soon to be ex-husband Simon. I really liked this story for the very real way Olivia feels about Kwan, even though it feels politically incorrect. I also liked the mystery involved as the reader is struggling to believe Kwan also.
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