'One of the best novels I've ever read about the complexities of mixed heritage' New Yorker 'Superb . . . one of those books you live inside and miss when it's over' Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost 'A moving appraisal of family, language, and the spiritual developments that accrue over a life' Raven Leilani, author of Luster 'A thoroughly fascinating story about sibling rivalry, loyalty, and love' Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove 'If you welcome this novel into your mind, it will warm and transform you' Tess Gunty, author of the Rabbit Hutch 'Astonishing . . . every character - every sentence - is startlingly, indubitably alive' Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies '[His] masterpiece . . . life overflows its pages' Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing Meet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian carpet seller, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive
