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When Lily was eleven years old her mother Swee Hua walked away from the family never to be seen or heard from again Now a new mother herself Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua She recalls the spring of 1987 growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families Lilys previously stateless father wanted to blend seamlessly into Canadian life while her mother alienated and isolated longed to return to Brunei Years later still affected by Swee Huas disappearance Lilys family is stubbornly silent to her questioning But eventually an old family friend provides a clue that sends Lily to Southeast Asia to find out the truth