The book's title, Leaves in the Wind, was chosen to emphasize the fact that control of Taiwan has been passed back and forth between Europeans, the Chinese, and the Japanese over the past few centuries.
以《風中之葉》為書名，作者蘭伯特意在凸顯從古至今台灣輾轉流落於歐洲人、中國人、日本人掌中的多舛命運。