Main discussion points:

• inter-generational relationships

• inter-generational trauma

• mental illness & mental health

• Chinese and Taiwanese immigration experience to France

• Political history of China and Taiwan in the last three generations

• COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Publisher's page: https://www.syros.fr/comme-un-oiseau-dans-les-nuages-9782748530490.html

Content warnings: rape (mostly alluded to, some details on page), illegal drug use (marjuana mixed with alcohol and tobacco for minors), mental illness (presumably depression, main character is in a mental health crisis for most of the novel), death and grief, author also provides content warning on inside of the book.