In Vietnamese, "Vi" refers to what is infinitely small, microscopically small. In this book, Vi is the first name of a little girl, the youngest sister of three big brothers, the "little treasure" that finds itself in spite of herself in the great Life and its tumults. Leaving Saigon for Montreal, visiting Suzhou and Boston, growing up alongside ordinary heroes, she witnessed the immensity of the sea, the multiplicity of horizons, the uniqueness of sadness, the luxury of peace, The complexity of love, the infinite possibilities and the violence of beauty. Like a good student, she looks, learns, receives. But will she ever know how to live this great Life?