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Girl in Translation

Girl in Translation( )
Author: Kwok, Jean
ISBN:978-1-905490-62-2
Publication Date:Jun 2010
Publisher:Penguin Books, Limited
Imprint:Fig Tree
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $32.95
Book Description:

Kimberly Chang has her world turned upside-down when she moves with her mother from their home in Hong Kong to New York. But their new life doesn't quite live up to their expectations - living in a vermin-ridden apartment in Brooklyn, the pair only have a sometimes working oven to keep warm. They have nothing but debt and neither of them speaks a word of English.

While her mother spends her days earning two cents a garment at a sweatshop, intellectually gifted eleven-year-old...
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Book Details
Pages:294
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / Asian American
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Coming Of Age
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.3 x 23 x 2.3 cm
Book Weight:0.4 Kilograms
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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