Anxious People

A coming-of-age novel about wandering the world where everyone is on their own, about friendship, trust, and the need to be loved. Lisa Ko reflects on the enduring runaways who move from place to place searching for a home where they’ll want to stay. Lisa Ko is an American writer born in New York, but as the daughter of Chinese immigrants she felt misunderstood in society. “The Unsettled” is her debut novel, earning critics’ respect and readers’ love. Critics note that “Lisa Ko managed to create a realistic work where both the outward details and circumstances and the characters’ inner world—along with their motives and emotions—are portrayed with great accuracy. Ko is so perceptive and adept at quick glimpses into the internal lives and surroundings of the characters, and so skilled at using empathy that the book delivers genuine intellectual pleasure.”