China Boy
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China Boy by Gus Lee
What a knockout. An incredibly rich and new voice or American literature. China Boy grabs the reader's heart and won't let go. A wonder of a story.--Amy Tan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck ClubKai Ting is the only American-born son of an aristocratic Mandarin family that fled China in the wake of Mao's revolution. Growing up in San Francisco's ghetto, Kai is caught between two worlds--embracing neither the Chinese nor the American way of life. After his mother's death, Kai is suddenly plunged into American culture by his new stepmother, a Philadelphia society woman who tries to erase every vestige of China from the household. Warm, funny, and deeply moving, China Boy is a brilliantly rendered novel of family relationships, culture shock, and the perils of growing up in an America of sharp differences and shared humanity.
Gus Lee was a paratrooper, an Army judge advocate, and a supervising deputy district attorney. He served as legal counsel to congressional probes into military wrongdoing, and his trial advocacy earned him the Silk Purse Award and other honors. He was the State Bar of California's statewide prosecutor training, the deputy director of the California District Attorneys Association, and a senior executive. He is now a full-time writer, married with two children, and still works as a trainer for the FBI, the Department of Justice, and a variety of companies.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780452271586 |
| ISBN 10 | 0452271584 |
| Title | China Boy |
| Author | Lee Gus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 1994-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |