Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Kimberly Chang has her world turned upside-down when she moves with her mother from their home in Hong Kong to New York. But their new life doesn't quite live up to their expectations - living in a vermin-ridden apartment in Brooklyn, the pair only have a sometimes working oven to keep warm. They have nothing but debt.
Warm, affecting, a compelling pleasureManages that rare fictional feat of shifting forever the angle from which you look at the world * Daily Mail *
A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account . . . has the unmistakable ring of authenticity * Metro *
Amazing, an incredibly honest and powerful story, written with unflinching directness * Easy Living *
Astonishing * Vogue *
Dazzling * Marie Claire *
A classic and moving immigration story * Red *
Captivating * She *
Superbly written and observed * Woman and Home *
A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account . . . has the unmistakable ring of authenticity * Metro *
Amazing, an incredibly honest and powerful story, written with unflinching directness * Easy Living *
Astonishing * Vogue *
Dazzling * Marie Claire *
A classic and moving immigration story * Red *
Captivating * She *
Superbly written and observed * Woman and Home *
Jean Kwok was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Brooklyn, New York as a child. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard and completed an MFA in fiction at Columbia University. After working as an English teacher and Dutch-English translator at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Jean now writes full-time. This is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781905490622 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905490623 |
| Title | Girl in Translation |
| Author | Jean Kwok |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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