Ky and Denny Tran are the children of Vietnamese refugees who came to Australia for a better life and freedom. Both are well-behaved and straight A students as is demanded by their hard-working parents. They live in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, notorious for its gangs and drug related violence. The story opens with the brutal and senseless murder of Denny on the night of his high school graduation. Ky, now working as a journalist in Melbourne, returns for his funeral. With her parents bereft and barely functional, Ky is frustrated to learn that police have provided no details as to the circumstances of her brother’s death. She sets out to learn the truth. This book gave great insight into the culture of Vietnamese life and the difficulties of the community in assimilating into the Australian way of life. While I enjoyed the book overall, I did find it dragged and felt it could have been much shorter. It wasn’t a page-turner and I didn’t develop the empathy for the characters that I would have liked.