Thank you @mindbuckmediapub, @univnebpress and @sukrungruang for the [gifted] ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This Jade World is a collection of Ira Sukrungruang’s reflections on his 12 year marriage that ended in divorce and the path he took to healing and rediscovering himself.

You can tell that he is a creative writing professor as his prose is lyrical and gorgeous. This Jade World is a collection of vignettes that are woven masterfully together. He switches between the past and his current annual trip to Thailand to visit his family. His writing is raw and emotional.

I loved the scenes with his mother and his Aunty Sue who were both deeply caring but offered comic relief at times. And his descriptions of food left my stomach growling.

This Jade World is out now!