Choi’s new book began as a 2020 New Yorker story. Louisa’s father Serk is Korean, while mother Anne hails from Ohio. Louisa was just 10 when, in the book’s harrowing first chapter, Serk disappears.

Lazy summer afternoons call for an escape into the pages of a good book. This month, you can get caught up in family drama or get transported with historical fiction set in China, Florence and Atlanta ...