From the award-winning author of Native Speaker and On Such a Full Sea, Chang Rae Lee, My Year Abroad is the story of a young American life that is transformed by an Asian adventure. Tiller is an average American college student while Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, creative Chinese American who sees potential in Tiller and takes him under his wing. When Pong takes him on a trip to Asia, Tiller is pulled into a series of extreme and eye-opening experiences.