June Hayward, a struggling white author, steals her Chinese-American friend, Athena Liu's, unfinished manuscript after she tragically dies. The manuscript profiles Chinese laborers in World War I, a story June has no personal connection to, but with a quick name change to Juniper Song, June flies under the radar. This page-turner is entertaining, thrilling, and surprisingly humorous — yet also thought-provoking, as it considers privilege, identity, and who gets to tell what stories.