'Heartbreaking, beautiful and confronting' SARAH WINMAN

'A timely conversation-starter of a book' WIZ WHARTON

'Kept me enthralled until the very last page' ROWAN COLEMAN

'Truly gripping and moving . . . I was hooked' LIBBY PAGE

'Exhilarating and poignant, I devoured it in one go' JINI REDDY

'Brilliant and powerful . . . her best novel yet' BIDISHA


What happened on the road will change them forever...

Thirty years ago, Alex, Bonnie and Kevin went on a road trip with their parents. But something cut their journey short, and they never made it there. Something that shifted the dynamic of their family forever.

Today, Alex, Bonnie and Kevin might be siblings, but they've grown apart, each holding heavy secrets close to their chests. When their mother's health takes a turn for the worse, she asks them to relive that old road trip to see her, and they're forced into close quarters once more.

As the siblings retrace old steps on an epic journey, they are led to finally share the parts of their lives they've tried to keep hidden. Along the way, they can learn the truth of what really happened in their fractured past - a past they now have the chance to mend.

With 'powerful and beautiful writing' (Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author), Winnie M Li weaves an emotive and eye-opening exploration of family, race, growing up, and what it means to be American.


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What readers are saying about Winnie Li:

'Such a compelling and convincing read'
'An excellent, meaty page-turner . . . couldn't put it down!'
'A powerful book. Amazing, incredible and also heartbreaking'
'A brilliantly-written timely book'
'Gripping and hugely enthralling'
'Engaging and intelligent . . . five easy stars!'
'Completely absorbing and unputdownable'

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A poignant, affecting novel, both intimate and sweeping in its range. Wrapped up in a story of family secrets and the traumatic legacy of silence is a deeper meditation on third culture children navigating the intersection of race, identity and politics and what it means to be a modern American. A timely, confronting conversation starter of a book.

"A road trip takes three siblings across America - the intricate landscape that faces them all, though, is the turbulent dynamics of family and memory. Heartbreaking, beautiful and confronting. This is a wonderful new direction from the author of Complicit" - Sunday Times bestselling author of Still Life

"I loved this book. It captured the complex dynamics of sibling relationships absolutely brilliantly. And it portrayed the multilayered experience of being an immigrant and the child of immigrants, of loving your country and yet never quite feeling as if you belong there. The Route 66 road trip is a symbol of a fractured America but also a still-vital dream of unity - in politics and in families, too. It was heartbreaking and hopeful and it spoke to me deeply." - Julie Cohen

"Charting the journey of Asian-American siblings on a road trip across a polarised nation, What We Left Unsaid breaks (long-overdue) new ground. The tale of family dynamics, wanderlust, tragedy and renewal was exhilarating and poignant, and I devoured it in one go.'" - author of Wanderland