Dong-mei, who prefers to be called by her English name Grace, was abandoned as a baby on the steps of a Chinese orphanage. Adopted by a Canadian couple and their older daughter, she rejected her Chinese heritage in spite of their encouraging her to embrace it. Eventually, however, she travels to China in search of her roots. This was a very interesting novel, and told not only from Grace’s point of view but those of her family, including relatives in China, as well. The author was born in Shanghai and writes about China with understanding.