Lai Yin 麗賢

She writes about marriage, motherhood, sex, family, food, airports and the impossible work of holding a house. She lives in Europe with her husband and their three daughters.

On phở

On broth and heat, raw meat and raw nerves.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 19 Nov 2025

London

On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 16 Nov 2025

Verona

On summer innocence, ice cream, first love, condoms and heartbreak.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 14 Nov 2025

On my Father 父亲

He ruled the wok and the pot. He cooked tong from scratch with rice fluffy and hot and sweet. He pulled me out of abuse and hospitals and brought me home when I was lost.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 9 Nov 2025

Tokyo

On cheesecake in Ginza. The filter of fast-moving particles and locating my husband.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 8 Nov 2025

Hawaii

On unrushed days in Hawaii. Swimming with dolphins, forgiving the past, and making love with her growing inside of me.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 6 Nov 2025

On dad jokes

He teaches them how to stay in play when the world goes flat.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 4 Nov 2025

I am harbour

She didn’t come to visit. She came to nap. She lay down because my house holds. I am harbour.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 2 Nov 2025

Biarritz

It means the season has ended, and something new begins.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 1 Nov 2025

On Householding

He walks the dogs. I move the world. He does the mornings. I place everything in motion.

By Lai Yin 麗賢

/ 30 Oct 2025

SHEHOLDS 她拿著

A publication about how women shape and hold the spaces around them.

Four Books. One Woman.

Lai Yin 麗賢

On phở

London

Verona

On my Father 父亲

Tokyo

Hawaii

On dad jokes

I am harbour

Biarritz

On Householding

The Books