Paper Names: A Novel

***A *Reader's Digest* Best Book of 2023*
*A *Publishers Lunch* Buzz Book***
***A Book of the Month Club Pick***
* **A *Brit+Co* Book to Read in 2023***
***A *Town & Country* Best Book to Read in May***
* **A *Good Morning America* Buzz Book Pick***
**An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity, and the American experience.**
Set in New York and China over three decades, *Paper Names* explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There’s Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, whom we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first-generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there’s Oliver, a handsome white lawyer with a dark family secret who lives in the building where Tony works. A sudden attack causes their lives to intertwine in ways that will change them forever.
Taut, panoramic and powerful, debut novelist Susie Luo’s *Paper Names* is an unforgettable story about the long shadows of our parents, the ripple effect of our decisions and the ways in which our love transcends difference.