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Девушка в переводе Джин Квок
ISBN: 978-5-17-113848-6 Год издания: 2021 Издательство: АСТ, Neoclassic Язык: Русский В одиннадцать лет в судьбе Кимберли Чанг началась новая глава – вместе с мамой она эмигрировала из Гонконга в Америку. Практически без денег, знания языка и четких представлений, что ее ждет. И вскоре у Кимберли начинается двойная жизнь: днем она как все учится в школе, а вечером как рабыня надрывается на маленькой швейной фабрике в Чайнатауне. Она вынуждена скрывать свою нищету и работу от одноклассников и учителей, ухитряясь оставаться при этом самой блестящей ученицей. День за днем Кимберли все четче понимает: только вера в себя и бесконечное желание помогут им с мамой вырваться из убогой ледяной квартирки с тараканами в новое лучшее…
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Miss Marple. 12 povestiri noi Вэл Макдермид, Кейт Мосс, Наоми Алдерман, Джин Квок, Ли Бардуго, Элли Гриффитс, Рут Уэйр, Карен М. Макманус, Алисса Коул, Люси Фоли, Натали Хейнс, Дреда Сэй Митчелл
ISBN: 9786303190051 Год издания: 2023 Издательство: Litera Язык: Румынский Jane Marple este o doamnă în vârstă din St Mary Mead care posedă un talent neobişnuit pentru a rezolva chiar şi cele mai complicate enigme. Acum, pentru prima dată în ultimii patruzeci şi cinci de ani, personajul iubit al Agathei Christie revine în paginile unei cărţi şi ne invită într-o călătorie plină de mistere. În St Mary Mead, o cină de Crăciun este întreruptă de oaspeţi neaşteptaţi; scena de pe Broadway din New York este pregătită pentru o improvizaţie periculoasă; prevestiri rele înconjoară o moarte prematură la bordul unui vas de croazieră către Hong Kong; un scriitor de bestsellere aflat în vacanţă în Italia este prins într-un…
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Searching for Sylvie Lee Jean Kwok
ISBN: 0062834304, 978-0062834300 Год издания: 2019 Издательство: William Morrow Язык: Английский A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women—two sisters and their mother—in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation
It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother—and then vanishes.
Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn’t rejoin her family in America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.
But what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always looked out for them. Now, it’s Amy’s turn to help. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will reveal more about Amy’s complicated family—and herself—than she ever could have imagined.
A deeply moving story of family, secrets, identity, and longing, Searching for Sylvie Lee is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive portrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration of the many ways culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of ever truly knowing someone—especially those we love. -
Mambo in chinatown Jean Kwok
ISBN: 978-1594633805 Год издания: 2015 Издательство: Riverhead Books Язык: Английский Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York’s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (American-born Chinese), Charlie’s entire world has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and her eleven-year-old sister, and works— miserably—as a dishwasher. But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew existed, and everything she once took to be certain turns upside down. Gradually, at the dance studio, awkward Charlie’s natural talents begin to emerge.…
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The Leftover Woman Джин Квок
ISBN: 9780063031463 Год издания: 2023 Издательство: William Morrow Язык: Английский "At once a hugely atmospheric and suspenseful mystery and a compelling exploration of motherhood and belonging that packs a profound emotional punch. I couldn't stop thinking about this book." -- Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women--from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation. Jasmine Yang arrives in New York City from her rural Chinese village without money or family support, fleeing a controlling husband, on a desperate search for…