Under Your Wings (The Majesties)
Tiffany TsaoAs Gwendolyn struggles to regain consciousness, she desperately retraces her memories, trying to uncover the moment that led to this brutal act. Their aunt's supposed death at sea; Estella's unhappy marriage to the brutish Leonard; the shifting loyalties & unspoken resentments at the heart of the opulent world they inhabit - one by one, the facts float up, forcing Gwendolyn to confront the truth about who she & her sister really are, & the secrets in their family's past.
Travelling from the luxurious world of the rich & powerful in Jakarta to the most spectacular shows at Paris Fashion Week, from the coasts of California to the melting pot of Melbourne’s university scene, Under Your Wings is a powerful, evocative & deeply compelling novel about the secrets that can build a family empire - & then ultimately bring it crashing down.
Tiffany Tsao is a writer, translator, & literary critic. She spent her formative years in Singapore & Indonesia before moving to the United States, where she graduated with a BA from Wellesley College & received a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley. She currently resides in Sydney, Australia, with her husband & offspring. Her debut novel, The Oddfits, was published in 2016, & her writing & translations have appeared in Asymptote, Asia Literary Review, LONTAR, the Sydney Review of Books, & the anthology BooksActually’s Gold Standard 201