Girl in translation

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New York Times bestseller Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is a powerful story about a Chinese immigrant family in Brooklyn.



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.



Yet there is hope. Eleven-year-old Kim goes to school. And though cut off by an alien language and culture and forced by poverty to work nights in a sweatshop - she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she'll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn to 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 sensitively handled rites-of-passage account...has the unmistakable ring of authenticity' Metro



'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



Jean Kwok emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child; her first novel Girl in Translation is based loosely on her own experience as a Chinese immigrant in America. With Girl in Translation Jean Kwok has won the American Library Association Alex Award, an Orange New Writers title and international critical acclaim.

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Emigrating with her mother from hong kong to brooklyn kimberly chang begins a secret double life as an exceptional schoolgirl during the day and sweatshop worker at night an existence also marked by a first crush and the pressure to save her family from poverty a first novel reprint 150 000 fir Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

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From the author of searching for sylvie lee the iconic new york times bestselling debut novel that introduced an important chinese american voice with an inspiring story of an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures when kimberly chang and her mother emigrate from hong Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Ebook

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 29 juli 2010

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Jean Kwok

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin

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Product breedte: 133 mm

Product lengte: 203 mm

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EAN: 9780141924892

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