Wesley Waterford, self-help author and speaker, escapes New York for Phnom Penh to write his third book. By chance, he discovers the Wesley Waterford book club, befriending Lida, the group’s leader, and Mother, expert translator and Khmer Rouge holocaust survivor. Facing questions and uncertainty about his stay in Phnom Penh, Lida encourages Waterford to reconnect with his childhood friend, Rotha, a refugee to California in the eighties. Rotha’s return to Waterford’s life after twenty-five years, the unpredictable energy of her personality and provocations – and her first trip back to Cambodia since fleeing the revolution – brings the characters together to confront history, secrets and self-doubt. A tale of friendship and family, love and letting go, In This Invisible is contemporary literary fiction that stares unblinking at Cambodia’s past through the lives of four characters colliding in modern day Phnom Penh – a city once abandoned, scenes left simmering in wait of discovery.