Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
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.
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 *
Deceptively delicate . . . the stumbling endurance of Kimberley, the bond between mother and daughter, and the clever use of Chinese culture and tradition make for more than a salutary read * Guardian *
Incredibly honest and powerful, written with unflinching directness . . . a truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters * Easy Living *
Engagingly narrated, irresistible * Independent *
Astonishing * Vogue *
A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account . . . has the unmistakable ring of authenticity * Metro *
Deceptively delicate . . . the stumbling endurance of Kimberley, the bond between mother and daughter, and the clever use of Chinese culture and tradition make for more than a salutary read * Guardian *
Incredibly honest and powerful, written with unflinching directness . . . a truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters * Easy Living *
Engagingly narrated, irresistible * Independent *
Astonishing * Vogue *
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 | 9780141042749 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141042745 |
| Title | Girl in Translation |
| Author | Jean Kwok |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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