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All That's Left Unsaid
Tracey Lien
A Novel
William Morrow Paperbacks
October 2023
On Sale: September 26, 2023
Featuring: Denny; Ky Tran
304 pages
ISBN: 0063227746
EAN: 9780063227743
Kindle: B09NL1F11L
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Literature and Fiction Literary | Multicultural
2022 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST AND
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A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!
For fans of Everything I Never Told
You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and
unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian
woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her
brother’s shocking murder, determined to discover what
happened—a dramatic exploration of the intricate bonds
and obligations of friendship, family, and community.
Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will
forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called
to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to
celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That
night, Denny—optimistic, guileless, brilliant
Denny—is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in
the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing
violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst
heroin epidemic in Australian history.
Returning home to Cabramatta for the funeral, Ky learns
that the police are stumped by Denny’s case: a dozen
people were at Lucky 8 restaurant when Denny died, but each
of the bystanders claim to have seen nothing.
Desperately hoping that understanding what happened might
ease her suffocating guilt, Ky sets aside her grief and
determines to track down the witnesses herself. With each
encounter, she peels back another layer of the place that
shaped her and Denny, exposing the seeds of violence that
were planted well before that fateful celebration dinner: by
colonialism, by the war in Vietnam, and by the choices
they’ve all made to survive.
Alternating between Ky’s voice and the perspectives
of the witnesses, Tracey Lien’s extraordinary debut is
at once heart-pounding and heart-rending as it probes the
intricate bonds of friendship, family, and community through
an unforgettable cast of characters, all connected by a
devastating crime. Combining evocative family drama and
gripping suspense, All That’s Left Unsaid is
a profound and moving page turner, perfect for readers of
Liz Moore, Brit Bennett, and Celeste Ng.
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