Girl in translation / Jean Kwok.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781602858879 (library binding : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 160285887X (library binding : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 367 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Center Point large print ed.
- Publisher: Thorndike : Center Point Pub., Maine. 2010.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | 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 worlds she straddles. Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to family, and their personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about. |
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Subject: | Chinese > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Women immigrants > Fiction. Chinese American teenagers > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Large type books. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Brookfield Library | LP F/KWOK (Text) | 34029119915030 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | LP KWOK, JEAN (Text) | 37777120014394 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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