DeiKanna
At forty, Anna Ceban has become fluent in almost everything except living for herself.
A divorced mother, immigrant, and gifted translator, she has spent years building her life around responsibility-her son, her work, and the expectations of others. When her studies take her from Israel to Beijing for five months as a visiting student, Anna sees it as a chance to reclaim the academic ambitions she once left behind.
Then she meets Shang Bo Wen.
Ten years younger, brilliant, controlled, and deeply rooted in a world Anna barely understands, Bo Wen is supposed to help her navigate university life in China. Instead, their shared fascination with language draws them into increasingly personal territory, where cultural expectations, family obligations, and the lives waiting for them back home become impossible to ignore.
For a woman who makes her living translating meaning between languages, Anna is about to discover that some things resist translation entirely.
And starting over may require more than simply finding the right words.