New York Times bestseller Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is a
powerful story about a Chinese immigrant family in Brooklyn.
Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A
new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all
they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment.
The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt. And
neither one speaks one word of English. Yet there is hope.
Eleven-year-old Kim goes to school. And though cut off by an alien
language and culture and forced by poverty to work nights in a
sweatshop - she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books
and learning she'll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn to lost
girl from Hong Kong into a happy American woman? And should she?
Jean Kwok's powerful and moving tale of hardship and triumph, of
heartbreak and love, speaks of all that gets lost in translation.
'A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account...has the
unmistakable ring of authenticity' Metro 'A truly amazing story
that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the
characters' Easy Living 'A classic and moving immigration story'
Red Jean Kwok emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child; her
first novel Girl in Translation is based loosely on her own
experience as a Chinese immigrant in America. With Girl in
Translation Jean Kwok has won the American Library Association Alex
Award, an Orange New Writers title and international critical
acclaim.
General
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2011 |
| First published: |
June 2011 |
| Authors: |
Jean Kwok
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
293 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-104274-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-14-104274-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780141042749 |
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