I wanted to explore, through the lens of a youngest child who has lost her older sister, how an immigrant Chinese family might navigate grief and grieving. I was interested in how certain cultural and familial traditions might affect the ways in which these emotions are processed, and how that might manifest differently for each member of the family. Above all, I wanted to tell a story about sisterhood, its many complexities, and how terrible and wondrous and beautiful and imperfect it can get.