A House Made of Water is a lyrical examination of daughterhood, womanhood, and Asian American identity.
Elusive, but tactile, the collection wrestles beautifully with trauma and our inherited stories, seeking transformation throughout.
What I love most is the intimacy of detail: the difficult weight of memory, the exquisite relief of disclosure.
Michelle Lin's debut is a document of deep feeling, in the vein of Li-Young Lee and Sylvia Plath, but told in a voice entirely her own.
- CATHY LINH CHE, author of Split.
