Wandering Souls
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENâS PRIZE FOR FICTION
'A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and ... hopeâ OCEAN VUONG
âBeautiful, brilliantâ R. F. KUANG
âDazzlingâ OBSERVER
âWill shatter your heartâ GLAMOUR
âPowerfulâ SUNDAY TIMES
An extraordinary story of the journey of one young family through love, loss and unwavering hope.
There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies â everything in between is speculation.
One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous journey in hope of a new life. Separated from their parents and fearing the worst they find themselves travelling alone in the world without a home to return to. After a twist of fate lands them in Thatcherâs Britain, they must somehow build new lives there. Will the love they have for each other be enough to keep them together?
Wandering Souls is a stunning, life-affirming testament to the healing power of stories.
A Time and Guardian book of the year
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2023
âPoignant and lyricalâ DAVID NICHOLLS
âA powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hopeâ MARIE CLAIRE
âBeautiful... I loved every wordâ PHILIPPA PERRY
âA deeply affecting reckoning with historyâ i-D
âTells one of the most important stories of our timesâ LUCY CALDWELL
âSpecial ... Reading it is like watching a writer at workâ NEW YORK TIMES
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Cecile Pin grew up in Paris and New York City and now lives in London. She writes for Bad Form Review, was longlisted for its Young Writerâs prize and is a London Writers Awards 2021 winner.
