LILY NARCISSUS
They thought they were going to Asia for two years.
Asia beguiled them.
They never left.
Surrounded by expats and intrigue in Vietnam War era Asia, where the suburban life they knew is just a memory, an American family is irrevocably changed.
Lily crafts herself a new persona and purpose, eclipsing her diplomat husband. Their kids grow up to play opposing roles in the war. Mysterious Rocky may be Lily's friend, or her lover. This is the story of a woman who confronts a challenging situation and seizes the chance to powerfully reinvent herself. But in a continent aflame, will her family hold together or whirl apart?
East Asian Review of Books
Andrew Palmer, author of The Bachelor
Lily Narcissus is about an American foreign service family in Asia during the Vietnam War years. It's narrated, in the present, by Lauren, who was a teen when the family went to Asia in '57. In that world, subterfuge was omnipresent—and barely hidden.
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