Reuniting With StrangersReuniting With Strangers

When five-year-old Monolith is taken from the Philippines to live with his mother in Canada, he immediately lashes out. Unable or unwilling to speak, he attacks her and destroys his new home. Everyone wants to know why - and everyone has a theory. But unlike the solid certainty his name suggests, the answer isn't so simple. Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio takes readers into the kaleidoscope of the Filipino diaspora, uncovering the displacement, estrangement, resilience, and healing that happen behind closed doors.