Vândut de elefant.ro
Award NameAlex AwardsAward categoryAdult/For Young AdultsDescriptionThe life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by dark family secrets and divided loyalties in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Judy Fong Batess fresh and engaging first novel is the story of Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese girl growing up the only daughter of an unhappy and isolated immigrant family in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Through Su-Jens eyes we see the hard life behind the scenes at the Dragon Caf, the local diner her family runs. Her half-brother Lee-Kung smolders under the responsibilities he must carry as the dutiful Chinese son. Her mother, beautiful but bitter, lays her hopes and dreams on Su-Jens shoulders, until she turns to find solace in the most forbidden of places, while Su-Jens elderly father strives to hek fuh, swallow bitterness, and save face at all costs.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Counterpoint Llc
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