“Healing from trauma requires the resolve to face the tangled and tortuous roots of ancestral trauma. For Asian Americans and other racialized minorities, this requires the resolve to understand the harms caused by conformity and complicity with colonialism. Tilt is a valuable read for anyone working to overcome the cultural stigma of seeking help for emotional anguish. In witnessing how Kavya experiences panic attacks, the reader gains insight into the paralyzing repercussions of unresolved pain. The process of repairing intergenerational wounds requires zooming out of the immediate and the personal to identify and confront the deep-rooted impacts of structural violence.” —Maileen Hamto, Chicago Book Review
