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The Leftover Woman - Jean Kwok (Buch) – lesen.de

Oct 14, 2024 | lesen.de | Jean Kwok

* FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL IN TRANSLATION *'Kwok is an impressive talent' - KARIN SLAUGHTER'A beautiful, propulsive story' - LAURA DAVE'A hugely atmospheric and suspenseful mystery' - LUCY FOLEY'I will find my daughter. No matter the cost...'Jasmine Yang thought her daughter was dead at birth. But five years after she was taken from her arms, she learns that her controlling husband sent the baby to America to be adopted, a casualty of China's one-child-policy.
This Family Story Is Told Backward. It's All the More Beautiful For It.

May 4, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jean Kwok |Juli Min

SHANGHAILANDERS, by Juli MinWhen I first realized that "Shanghailanders," Juli Min's remarkable debut novel, was told in reverse, moving backward from 2040 to 2014, the main question on my mind was, why? There is a reason we usually tell stories in chronological order, although as a novelist myself, I understand that authors are always playing with two timelines: the true progression of a story's events and the order we decide to reveal them.
Zij die achterbleef – Jean Kwok - Chicklit

Mar 28, 2024 | chicklit.nl | Jean Kwok

Jean Kwok is een internationaal bestsellerauteur wiens boeken in veel landen gepubliceerd zijn. Haar boeken worden regelmatig op scholen als studiemateriaal gebruikt. Ze is in Hong Kong geboren, in Brooklyn opgegroeid en woont tegenwoordig in Nederland. Zij die achterbleef begint met het verhaal van Jasmine, die vanuit China naar New York is gevlucht. Zij is op de vlucht voor haar gewelddadige Chinese man, met wie zij samen een dochtertje Fiji heeft. Het meisje is geadopteerd en woont in New York.
Caught Reading in Southie - 4 New Book Reviews for You!

Jan 5, 2024 | caughtinsouthie.com | Josie Glausen |Jean Kwok |Katherine Faulkner |Adriana Trigiani

5.4 min readCategories: FeaturesHappy New Year to all! I’ve officially read 105 books this year – with the majority falling in the thriller, contemporary fiction, and young adult genres. What about you? My goal is to diversify my bookshelf and my reviews. Thank you for continuing to read them here on Caught in Southie + let us know what you think. As you know, I’m not the biggest romance reader, but I’ve loved a Josie Silver novel in the past and couldn’t say no to her new one.
A moment that changed me: I wrote a late-night love poem - and my life careened off course

Nov 15, 2023 | theguardian.com | Jean Kwok

Late one night in the 1980s, I was tackling a gnarly physics problem in my dorm room at Harvard. My bedroom was sparsely furnished – unlike that of my neighbour, who had not only hired movers but likely an interior decorator as well for hers – but it was all mine. I rubbed my eyes as I scribbled equations on a notepad. It was long past midnight and the darkness beyond the small circle of light cast by my single lamp seemed immense. This was all I’d ever wanted, I told myself.
Book World: A shady adoption, and a mother's search for her missing daughter

Oct 26, 2023 | lmtonline.com | Jean Kwok |Alice Marguerite Stephens

By Jean Kwok William Morrow. 288 pp. $30 - - - When China's government introduced the one-child policy in 1980 with the stated goal of curbing the population to increase national prosperity, it had many unintended consequences - sex-selection abortion, infanticide and forced sterilization. It also triggered a rise in overseas adoption, as parents in China's highly patriarchal society gave away daughters in the hope that their next child would be a boy.
'Leftover Woman' author becomes unlikely lightning rod in book-banning campaign

Oct 15, 2023 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Maddie Hanna |Jean Kwok

Chinese American novelist Jean Kwok is internationally known for her bestselling novels “Girl in Translation,” “Mambo in Chinatown” and “Searching for Sylvia Lee.” But this year, Kwok has made a name for herself in another way — as a high-profile defender of freedom of speech amid a national wave of book bans by conservative school boards. Kwok’s 2011 debut novel “Girl in Translation” recently became the target of a proposed school book ban in Pennsylvania.
The Leftover Woman

Oct 13, 2023 | bookreporter.com | Jean Kwok

Jean Kwok, the author of SEARCHING FOR SYLVIE LEE, returns with THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, an evocative, sweeping drama about motherhood, identity and the casualties of restrictive policies both here and abroad in China. When Jasmine Yang arrives in New York, she is alone, broke and undocumented, on the run from her controlling, manipulative husband, Wen.
How Today’s Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the “Literary Thriller”

Oct 11, 2023 | crimereads.com | Jean Kwok

While we all romanticize the notion of a writer engrossed in their craft solely to satisfy their creative impulses, seasoned authors understand that a pivotal moment arrives when their book is slated for publication. This critical juncture heralds judgment in the form of reviews and sales. Esteemed critics associated with publications like The New York Times Book Review or The New Yorker may voice their opinions. The question looms: even if reviewers laud a book, will it translate to sales?
In This Novel, Opposites Don't Attract. They Converge.

Oct 10, 2023 | nytimes.com | Jean Kwok |William Morrow

THE LEFTOVER WOMAN, by Jean KwokJasmine, one of two protagonists in Jean Kwok's intriguing fourth novel, "The Leftover Woman," reveals little to the reader at first. Seeing her on the streets of Manhattan's Chinatown, we quickly understand that she's a woman with a complicated past. But like the frumpy clothes she wears to disguise her appearance, her thoughts and words are meant to throw us off the track.