The Moon Represents My Heart

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When Joshua and Lily meet as students in 1970s London they know right away: they've found someone who shares their secret, the one they don't even fully understand themselves. They've found another time-traveller. Exhilarated and in love, they push their gift to the limit, even after they settle down and have two children, Tommy and Eva. But when their most adventurous experiment yet goes wrong, their children are left to make their own way, even when it feels like time has stopped. Eva might be trying to move forward, but Tommy is pulled further and further back into a past that he hopes holds the truth. When he falls in love with a woman from a different era, the stability Eva has managed to carve out for them begins to crumble. Heartfelt and hopeful, weaving through decades and across continents, The Moon Represents My Heart is an unforgettable debut about the bond between one extraordinary family and the strength it takes to move forward.

Reviews

'I fell in love with this book and the Wang family from the very first page. A beautiful exploration of family, love and loss across the generations, it gives a fresh, fun spin on the time travel genre combined with a heartrending immigrant story. I didnt want it to end. Pim has a unique voice.'

-- Gemma Chan

'Poetic, beautiful, and moving, The Moon Represents My Heart is unforgettable.'

-- Louise O'Neill, author of Idol

'As propulsive as it is moving,The Moon Represents My Heartis an enchanting tale offamily and heartbreak.'

-- Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared

'Masterfully plotted, poetic, and captivating,The Moon Represents My HeartestablishesPim Wangtechawat as a rising star from South-East Asia's rich literary heritage.'

-- Nguyen Phan Que Mai, author of The Mountains Sing

'InThe Moon Represents My Heart,Pim Wangtechawat paints an emotional and panoramic portrait of a family as united by their gift asthey are tested by it. Intimate, tender and imaginative, this novel takes the reader on a time-traveling adventure while imparting the wisdom of how cherished and truly priceless time is.'

-- Katherine J. Chen, author of Joan

'TheMoonRepresentsMy Heart... was an immediately compelling, unusual story with a totally fresh voice a fascinating story of love and time travel, full of mystery and heart.

-- Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne

An extraordinary debut. Pim Wangtechawat creates a magical tale of love, loss and yearning, full of poetic prose and powerful insight. This novel breaks your heart yet gives you hope - and it features the best Bruce Lee cameo in contemporary fiction!

-- D.V. Bishop, author Ritual of Fire

'An utterly mesmerising and poetic debut filled with characters that feel like family, that shatters your heart and pieces it back together beautifully. The Moon Represents My Heart is truly an exceptional piece of literature.'

-- Elvin James Mensah, author of Small Joys

'A tender and transformative debut, with the Wang family as its beating heart. Wangtechawat captures love in all its many forms.'

-- Grace D. Li, author of Portrait of a Thief

Bold, experimental, and beautiful, The Moon Represents My Heart might break your heart, but it'll also put it back together again. A sweeping tale across the fabric of time, countries and cultural borders, and family ties, this book is a rumination on how grief can keep you trapped in the past, but there's always the hope to move forward once again.

-- L.R. Lam, Sunday Times-bestselling co-author of Seven Devils

Author Bio

PimWangtechawat is a Thai-Chinese writer from Bangkok with a Masters in Creative Writing from Edinburgh Napier University. Her short stories, poems, and articles have been published in various magazines and journals such asThe Mekong Review, The Nikkei Asian Review,andYesPoetry.