Homeseeking

　　二戰到2008，一對戀人經歷六十年，橫跨亞洲與美洲的生死離別

　　海文正在洛杉磯的一間小超市裡買香蕉，一抬頭，他看到了蘇琪，他的蘇琪，睽違了六十年。

　　蘇琪第一次見到海文是7歲那年在上海，被他的小提琴聲吸引。從那天開始，青梅竹馬的友誼發展成了靈魂伴侶。然而，1947年上海政局轉變，海文的家中出現危機，迫使他在與蘇琪求婚前，必須加入國民黨軍隊。因此海文代替兄弟去徵召入伍，蘇琪只能遠走天涯，留下海文的小提琴以及一張紙條：請原諒我。爾後，中國這塊土地上的政權再次變動，毛澤東將蔣介石趕至台灣，海文也跟著撤退到台灣，而蘇琪則來到了香港。直到2008年，兩人在洛杉磯再次重逢。大時代下的動盪，對應著每個人的階級、政治認同，些微的差距，都在這樣的背景下，都會產生巨大的分歧。

　　跟著兩人的故事，讀者也一同經歷了六十年來中國的大起大落。香港的歌廳、台灣的軍營、紐約的繁華街道、陽光明媚的加州，走過各地，海文和蘇琪仍未忘記當初屬於他們的那個家園。(文／博客來外文館)

　　An epic and intimate tale of one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.

　　A single choice can define an entire life.

　　Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years.
To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back.

　　Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.

　　Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen’s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi’s from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives. Throughout, Haiwen holds his memories close while Suchi forces herself to look only forward, neither losing sight of the home they hold in their hearts.

　　At once epic and intimate, Homeseeking is a story of family, sacrifice, and loyalty, and of the power of love to endure beyond distance, beyond time.