The Brightest Star

A Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Anna May Wong

A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023

A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling.Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

A beautiful, haunting book.Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of Booth and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

The beloved bestselling author of The Color of Air, Women of the Silk, and The Samurai’s Garden returns with this magnificent historical novel based on the life of the luminous, groundbreaking actress Anna May Wongthe first and only Asian American woman to gain movie stardom in the early days of Hollywood.

At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies, including young Wong Liu Tsong. The daug