The Moon Represents My Heart

'A beautiful exploration of family, love and loss across the generations. Fresh, fun... I didn't want it to end.' Gemma Chan





How far would you travel to find a love lost in time?


1927, East London. The first time Tommy and Peggy meet, they are nine years old. He is lost in London's original Chinatown, panicking as he struggles to escape the tangle of Limehouse streets, with their road signs in Chinese characters that he can't decipher. 


'Where do you come from?' Peggy asks him.


For Tommy, the answer to that question can never be straightforward, because his family share a secret gift: they can travel through time. And each must eventually decide how much the present day means to them, and how far they are willing to travel to hold onto the people they love.


Heartfelt and hopeful, weaving through decades and across continents, The Moon Represents My Heart is an unforgettable debut about one extraordinary family, the gift that threatens to tear them apart and the love that binds them together. 


'An immediately compelling, unusual story with a totally fresh voice.' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne

'I adored this time-travelling love story from the very first page...full of beautiful characters and written with a lovely rhythm and eloquence. The Wang family are characters I won't forget in a hurry'. Prima, Book of the Month, June 2023

'Gives seriously sweeping Time Traveller's Wife vibes.' Grazia

'Magical and moving. You don't need to be a fantasy fan to enjoy this sweeping story of a family of time travellers.' Good Housekeeping

'A gorgeous novel about a family of time travellers.' Red Magazine

'Poetic, beautiful, and moving, The Moon Represents My Heart is unforgettable.' Louise O'Neill, author of Idol

'Masterfully plotted, poetic, and captivating, The Moon Represents My Heart establishes Pim Wangtechawat as a rising star from South-East Asia's rich literary heritage.' Nguyen Phan Que Mai, author of The Mountains Sing

'The Moon Represents My Heart... was an immediately compelling, unusual story with a totally fresh voice – a fascinating story of love and time travel, full of mystery and heart.’ Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne

'A tender and transformative debut, with the Wang family as its beating heart. Wangtechawat captures love in all its many forms.' Grace D. Li, author of Portrait of a Thief

'The Wang family possesses a gift, the power to travel through time. But rather than bringing happiness, it often tears them apart. After their parents depart for another era, young Tommy and Eva must fend for themselves. Tommy falls in love – but how long can you live in the past? This poignant tale sweeps across three generations of a British-Chinese family.' Woman's Own

‘Bold, experimental, and beautiful, The Moon Represents My Heart might break your heart, but it'll also put it back together again.’ L.R. Lam, Sunday Times-bestselling co-author of Seven Devils

Pim Wangtechawat is a Thai-Chinese writer from Bangkok with a Masters in Creative Writing from Edinburgh Napier University. Her short stories, poems, and articles have been published in various magazines and journals such as The Mekong Review, The Nikkei Asian Review, and YesPoetry. The Moon Represents My Heart is her first novel.

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