A review by preparetodai
Dark Lullaby by Polly Ho-Yen

2.0

I think the tag line does this book a disservice, as most of the book was preoccupied with Kit’s complex relationship with her sister. The book alternates between “then” and “now”, with “then” being about the years leading up to the birth of Kit’s daughter, her conflicting feelings over having a child when there is such great social pressure to do so, her meeting her husband, and watching her sister struggle to become a mother. “Now” is told in short bursts, with Kit being separated from Mimi. As such I got very little sense of the bond between mother and child, and was far more interested in the sisters.