by Jean Kwok · Fig Tree · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141042749
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«Girl in Translation» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jean Kwok, published by Fig Tree in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to New York without speaking English and with debts, and end up living in a rundown apartment in Brooklyn while working in a sweatshop in Chinatown. Kim, a brilliant eleven-year-old student, juggles school with night work to build a future, and learns to move between two worlds and two cultures without giving up who she is.
Coming-of-age novel about immigration, identity, and the bond between mother and daughter, with autobiographical elements from the author, who emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child.
Jean Kwok is the award-winning, New York Times and international bestselling Chinese American author of the novels Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and Searching for Sylvie Lee, which was chosen as The Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick.
