This 2023 novel centers around authors June Hayward and Athena Liu. While June struggles to get her writing career going, Athena becomes a literary success story. When Athena dies in a freak accident, June acts on impulse: she steals not only Athena’s manuscript of a new masterpiece, she steals her whole identity and claims a space in the spotlight for herself. Does it really make a difference whether her Chinese background is real of fake?
