G.P. Putnam's Sons
Homeseeking: A GMA Book Club Pick
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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
"Homeseeking is about the love of home and family, even against unimaginable circumstances...[A] sweeping epic." --Good Housekeeping
"Fans of historical fiction will want to pick up this exceptional novel immediately." --Los Angeles Times
From WWII to 2008, this deeply moving story follows one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.
Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back.
Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.
Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen's story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi's from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives. Throughout, Haiwen holds his memories close while Suchi forces herself to look only forward, neither losing sight of the home they hold in their hearts.
At once epic and intimate, Homeseeking is a story of family, sacrifice, and loyalty, and of the power of love to endure beyond distance, beyond time.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780593712993
EAN:
9780593712993
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
512
Authors:
Karissa Chen
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published Date: 2025-07-01
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In going through the reviews, I was not alone in my opinion of the book. It was difficult to keep up with the story line when the character’s name’s changed over time with their various moves between Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the USA. Also the frequently changing timelines made it confusing to follow what time period they were in. It was, however interesting from a historic standpoint.
An excellent historical fictional book!Ups and downs of a love story during the communist take over of China.
Little difficult to get into at first. It was enjoyable and I learned a lot about history
So good I read it twice. Excellent historical fiction/romance novel with a VERY interesting dual timeline. The man’s story is told present to past while the woman’s story is told past to present. What an interesting approach which enhanced the novel.
I loved this epic story about a love affair that lasted a lifetime against a background of revolution and turmoil in China and developing new roots in the U.S. Beautifully written. Historically accurate.
