Vessel
Chongda Cai

In this poignant collection, Cai Chongda delicately weaves together stories, memories, and personal reflections to produce an authentic snapshot of modern China. Raised in rural Fujian province, Cai and his family suffer a severe setback when this father has a stroke. He returns home from Beijing to toil alongside his mother and sister and help you the medical bills that have become commonplace in a developing China. Eventually becoming editorial director of GQ China, Cai finds his life increasingly at odds with the family he supports. Like The Glass Castle and Hillbilly Elegy before it. Vessel neither romanticizes nor condemns the people and circumstances that shaped a young man, instead offering a way forward. Book jacket.