Alma Presses Play

The way Alma’s identity is woven through her family’s silences and half-spoken tensions felt so real it was almost uncomfortable to read, in the best way. I finished it in two sittings and kept thinking about her long after the last page.

Alma’s inner voice is so sharply drawn I kept forgetting I was reading fiction, not someone’s diary. The way she navigates her split identity hit close to home, and I finished it in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down.

I picked this up for a book club and finished it in two sittings — the way Alma’s identity is caught between her Chinese and Jewish sides felt so raw and real. The half-finished sentences and silences between her parents hit uncomfortably close to home. Definitely one of those stories that lingers a