I had all this possible scenarios and aesthetics in my head. My expectations went sky high when this book was announced as a dark academia mystery thriller set in high competitive elite school featuring Asian protagonist. Tread carefully, reader, for this is how we fall apart.
With HOW WE FALL APART, I hope to entertain readers with an edge-of-your-seat thriller story that offers an inside look at an Asian American upbringing but beneath the surface, this story raises questions about the structure of our hyper-competitive school environments, strict upbringings, racial identity, the model minority myth, and the sacrifices we make to maintain the narrative and image of immigrant success-which may or may not be worth it, in the end. The pressure students feel from their immigrant families to achieve high grades and test scores, and make it into top universities, can become a recipe for stress and misery-and in this fictional story, for secrets, lies, and even murder. This story of high-achieving Asian Americans in a competitive environment reflects many Asian Americans' true experiences. I've written 10 novels by now, and this one was by far the most emotionally difficult one, for it forced me to revisit a dark period in my life.
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