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Girl in Translation

Girl in Translation( )
Author: Kwok, Jean
ISBN:978-1-60285-887-9
Publication Date:Oct 2010
Publisher:Center Point Large Print
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $34.95
Book Description:

When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, Kimberly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker at night. Disguising the difficult truths of her life - like the extent of her poverty, the degree to which her family's future rests on her, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition - Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself between the...
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Book Details
Pages:367
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / Asian American & Pacific Islander
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Coming Of Age
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0 x 9.36 Inches
Book Weight:1.65 Pounds
Author Biography
Kwok, Jean (Author)
Jean Kwok has a BA in English and American Literature from Harvard University and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. She taught at the University of Leiden and is an alumnus of the Amsterdam Writing Workshops. Jean's debut novel is entitled Girl in Translation. This 2010 novel has already been sold in eight countries. It made the IBooks Best Seller List in 2017.

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