RaveSan Francisco ChronicleThe heartrending story of life between worlds, Chia-Chia Lin’s The Unpassing is an arresting portrait of an immigrant family’s pivotal moment of crisis ... Lin’s spare, lyrical prose sets an elemental stage, a place indifferent to human suffering, cycling through life and death on a larger scale ... Most striking about this debut novel is Lin’s precise handling of loaded family dynamics ... The Unpassing is a powerful debut from an author to watch.