The Moon Shines at the Request of My Heart

Eva and Tommy Van are twins whose lives crumble when their parents go missing. The Van family has a secret: they can all travel to the past, but one day, another experiment goes awry. Losing both parents in an instant, brother and sister grow up supporting each other, but over the years, secrets and misunderstandings begin to loom over them like a dark cloud. Eva becomes an artist and tries to connect with her long-deceased ancestors. Tommy falls in love with a girl in London in 1927, but is love possible when you are separated not only by distance but also by time?

The debut novel by Thai writer Pim Vantechawat "The Moon Shines at the Request of My Heart" is a mesmerizing multilayered novel at the intersection of familiar genres: it is both a historical novel transporting us to mid-20th century Hong Kong and London, and an unusual family saga, as well as a delicate, lyrical story of love and loss.