Casper Han grew up as son of immigrants who never felt very welcome in their remote corner of British Columbia. Now an adult, living in Vancouver with a boyfriend whose privilege he partly resents, Casper rarely returns to his hometown. Grief his family doesnt discuss - the loss of his twin brother, Sam, too painful.Decades have passed since Sam went missing, and a crisis brings Casper and his siblings back. Their father had disappeared, only to be found wandering the woods beyond the family home, confused and holding a pair of scissors, seemingly trapped in the memory of that tragic night. In order to move forward, the Han family must finally confront the past and untangle the mystery of what really happened to Sam.The Tiger and the Cosmonaut tells the story of a family whose members have long made themselves small and quietand what happens when the cycle is finally broken.