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The Kong women are in crisis. A disastrous trip to visit her "home" orphanage in China has plunged eighteen-year-old Ari into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, a lawyer with a great heart, is desperate to keep her daughter safe. Meanwhile, Charlie must endure the prickly scrutiny of her beautiful, Bryn Mawr-educated mother, Gran--who, as the daughter of a cultured Chinese doctor, came to America to survive Mao's Revolution--and her sister, Les, a brilliant judge with a penchant for ruling over everyone's lives.
As they cope with Ari's journey of discovery and its aftermath, the Kong women will come face-to-face with the truths of their lives--four powerful, intertwining stories of accomplishment, tenacity, secrets, loneliness, and love. Beautifully illuminating the bonds of family and blood, The Year She Left Us explores the promise and pain of adoption, the price of assimilation and achievement, the debt we owe to others, and what we owe to ourselves. Full of pathos and humor, featuring a quartet of unforgettable characters, it marks the debut of an important new voice in American fiction.
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- Title The Year She Left Us
- Author Kathryn Ma
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition, F
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, NY
- Date 2014-05
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780062273345 / 0062273345
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Biographical fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013026100
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/2014, Page 81
- Kirkus Reviews, 05/01/2014, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 07/20/2014, Page 30
- Publishers Weekly, 03/24/2014, Page 0
- Romantic Times, 05/01/2014, Page 40
- Shelf Awareness, 05/16/2014, Page 0
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