The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street 

arrives March 2026!

(US release: September 2026) 

An intimate geopolitical memoir about a family separated between Taiwan and Canada, the story explores the complexities of growing up in an “astronaut family” where parents and children live overseas from each other, and are forced to navigate long-term dislocation, disconnection, and the longing to hold on to a sense of home.

While countless astronaut children and parachute kids grow up in Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand, their stories remain largely absent from the literary landscape. The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street brings that experience into urgent and unforgettable focus.

“The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street is brave, honest, and, most importantly, deeply affectionate. In this deliberately written memoir, Wiley describes her life as the youngest of five children who are left behind in Vancouver while their parents worked in Taiwan, a separation that would ultimately reverberate throughout their lives. With equal parts generosity, anger, and love, Wiley writes about her family with a clear-eyed authenticity that is impossible to put down.”  
-Jen Sookfong Lee, author of The Hunger We Pass Down and Superfan

“A riveting portrait of a family struggling to remain whole despite the ocean that keeps them apart. At once intimate and universal, I felt this story deeply, like an ache in my bones and a rush in my veins, unprepared for the emotional wallop that was building with every turn of the page.”
–Eddy Boudel Tan, author of The Tiger and the Cosmonaut and After Elias