My Other Heart

May 1998: Mimi Traung and her baby daughter Ngan wait restlessly at the gates of Philadelphia airport. There is still a day’s travelling left before they would land back home on Vietnamese soil. While they prepare to board, the unimaginable happens.Seventeen years later, two best friends are discussing their summer plans before college over a piece of mooncake. Both have trips ahead in search of their roots: Sabrina is preparing to travel to China to meet her mother’s family. Kit leaves for Tokyo, convinced that her biological mother is Japanese. Their parents watch on from the quiet suburbs of Chestnut Hill, nervous of what their daughters might find.

A magical read ... that will break your heart then put it back together again -- Book of the Month ― Stylist

I am bereft to have finished it! From the suburbs of Philadelphia to the streets of Saigon, I was completely immersed in the lives of these very special characters. I loved it. -- Emily Itami, author of 'Fault Lines'

A mesmerising novel filled with different types of love and secrets from the past, My Other Heart is an exploration of identity, motherhood, and friendship. Emma Nanami Strenner's luminous debut follows three unforgettable women as they search for truth and belonging. Poignant and powerful, this is a novel that lingers long after the final page -- Jean Kwok, author of 'Girl in Translation'

My heart was captured by this gorgeous book. My Other Heart is one of those novels that gets its hooks into you and doesn't let go. A beautifully told story of family, identity, loss and belonging -- Jennie Godfrey, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of 'The List of Suspicious Things'

Beautifully written and accomplished -- Nussaibah Younis, author of 'Fundamentally'

Two complex, shimmering young women burst from the pages of My Other Heart, authentic and full of life. I fell in love with Kit and Sabrina, their flawed but caring mothers, and Emma Nanami Strenner's beautiful words -- Jessica Stanley, author of 'Consider Yourself Kissed'