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‘A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account … has the unmistakable ring of authenticity’ Metro
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 speaks one word of English.
she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she’ll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn the 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 truly amazing
story that’ll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters’ Easy Living
‘A classic and moving immigration story’ Red
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‘A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account … has the unmistakable ring of authenticity’ Metro
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 speaks one word of English.
she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she’ll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn the 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 truly amazing
story that’ll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters’ Easy Living
‘A classic and moving immigration story’ Red