Stay True by Hua Hsu

Stay True by Hua HsuWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir 'A richly observed examination of grief, being an outsider and the healing power of art' The Guardian 'One of the best nonfiction books about friendship ever, right up there with Patti Smith's Just Kids' The Atlantic When Hua Hsu first meets Ken in a Berkeley dorm room, he hates him. A frat boy with terrible taste in music, Ken seems exactly like everyone else. For Hua, who makes zines and haunts indie record

and the sights and sounds of 'distance and of home' all coalesce in a sustained meditation on time and belonging

then the sisters to each other despite the unknown

hopelessness

portraying the closely-observed minutiae of everyday rural and urban life in an uninhibited

The prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night

workplaces

Among stories of honour killings and ill-fated love in besieged locations

that when the Day of Judgement dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen come to receive their rewards - their crowns

"-John Green

navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughters

Pairing identifies four basic pairings that are fundamental to great flavour

'The best first novel I've read in years