Disappearing Moon Cafe by Sky Lee

Moving fluidly across the twentieth century, Disappearing Moon Cafe traces four generations of the Wong family in Vancouver’s Chinatown, centered around the family's largest and most chaotic restaurant. The story is pieced together by Kae Ying Woo, a contemporary narrator trying to unpack a tangled web of family secrets, forced marriages, adultery, racism, and deep-seated cultural taboos. Through her ancestors' trials and her own personal evolution, Kae uncovers the devastating cost of survival and assimilation under the shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Ultimately, unearthing these hidden histories gives Kae the strength to shatter her community's 'great wall of silence,' choose a liberating queer relationship, and reclaim her own autonomy.