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What's the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she claims to be; she didn't write the book she says she did and is not Asian American. In this chilling and cutting novel, authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were once supposed to be twin rising stars at Yale, but Athena becomes a literary darling while June's work goes unnoticed. After witnessing Athena's death in a freak accident, June impulsively steals her just-finished novel about the contributions of Chinese laborers in World War I. She edits it and submits it as her own, rebranding herself as Juniper Song with an ambiguously ethnic author photo. June believes the story deserves to be told, regardless of the teller, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. However, as evidence mounts against her, June struggles to escape Athena's shadow and protect her secret. This novel explores the lengths one will go to for success while tackling issues of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation in the publishing industry, as well as the erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western society. R. F. Kuang's work is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.