In this haunting romance, Canadian writer Kim Echlin evokes the complex feelings which develop between a disillusioned teenage girl and a survivor of the Cambodian genocide who find one another in a jazz club in Montreal. Anne's mother died when she was very young, and though she loves her father dearly, she has always felt that something was missing from her life. Serey knows all too well about such absence, having lost touch with his family since he barely escaped the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge regime in his homeland. The two lonely souls provide one another some temporary comfort, but when Serey feels compelled to return to Cambodia, It seems likely that their fragile relationship will add to their life's regrets, rather than their relief.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Romance, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Peoples + Cultures, Politics, Stages of Life, Types of Characters, Literary, Love + Relationships + Sex, Travel + Voyages
- Publisher: Black Cat
- Pages: 235
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: December 29, 2009
- Date Published: December 29, 2009
- Author: Kim Echlin