Jennifer Haigh is an auto-buy author for me. I’ve read all of her books and simply adore her writing. There is a quiet, understated quality to how she tells a story – she never underestimates her readers with too much explanation, instead letting her characters’ actions propel stories forward amidst empathy and compassion. Rabbit Moon, Haigh’s latest novel, takes place in Shanghai, where Lindsey, the daughter of a wealthy Boston family, lies in a coma after a hit-and-run accident. What she was doing in Shanghai, and how she ended up on a deserted street corner alone in the middle of the night, are mysteries Haigh slowly solves as she goes back and forth between Lindsey’s parents’ disorientation and desperation and their daughter’s disturbing life leading up to the accident. I found that the import of Rabbit Moon has only grown in my mind since I finished it, and it has really stayed with me. If you haven’t read anything by Jennifer Haigh before, I urge you to start now!