Set in a small Massachusetts town, Vincent Yu‘s debut novel, Seek Immediate Shelter, follows a group of residents whose lives fracture in the moments after a false ballistic missile alert forces them to act on their most instinctive impulses. In the aftermath, each must confront the consequences of what they revealed about themselves, as the ripple effects of those choices unfold over years.
We asked Yu to answer our recurring My Reading Life Q&A so readers could get to know the books that shaped his life and influenced his writing.
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