Decades after successful Chinese writer Hong Ying escaped the slums of her childhood, she discovers that time and distance cannot protect her from the past. When word of her mother's imminent death reaches Hong Ying in London, she races home to Chongqing only to find she's too late. While she tries to come to terms with her estranged mother's passing, she must navigate her family's delicate social structure--and their long-held silence. Soon Hong...