Tokyo, 1983. When Asa, a Japanese translator, is seated next to a charismatic Argentine named Maricel at a dinner, she is not expecting her life to irrevocably change. Asa is dazzled by Maricel - a woman of passion, poise, and hidden depths - everything Asa wishes she could be. So when Maricel invites her to Buenos Aires, Asa abandons her usual restraint and accepts.
Asa arrives in Argentina as the country emerges from a violent military regime. As the two women quickly grow close, Maricel's mysterious past comes to light: a missing husband and a brother-in-law, Milo, whose devotion to Maricel feels charged with more than just shared grief.
Carefully navigating the secrets and dynamics of a family and nation that are foreign to her, Asa finds herself increasingly drawn to Milo. Does Asa dare betray her friend's trust to embrace what she has always dreamed of - a life fully lived in both love and heartbreak?
In rich, sensual prose, Morning Child is a captivating portrait of a woman finding herself in a disappearing world, and a moving testament to the stories we tell about ourselves: how they sustain us, and how they transform us.