Preparation for the Next Life

Love isn’t an escape, it’s a reason to keep going.

A tender, character-driven romance between two damaged people finding redemption and purpose through each other amid the hardship of undocumented life and military trauma.

Aishe, a Uyghur woman trained by her military father, migrates to New York City where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters Skinner, a young American soldier who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East. While falling in love, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.