CertaintyMadeleine Thiens stunning debut novel fulfills all her early promise and introduces a young novelist of vision, maturity, and style. Gail Lim, a producer of radio documentaries in present day Vancouver, finds herself haunted by events in her parents past in wartorn Asia, a past which remains a mystery that fiercely grips her imagination. As a child, Gails father, Matthew Lim, wandered the Leila Road and the jungle fringe with his lovely Ani, a girl