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The Leftover Woman de Jean Kwok

The Leftover Woman

Autor Jean Kwok
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 oct 2023

Notăm cu interes cum The Leftover Woman respectă canoanele romanului polițist, dar le subversează prin transformarea unei căutări disperate într-o analiză socială tăioasă. Tensiunea este palpabilă. Jasmine Yang ajunge în New York fără bani, fără sprijin, fugind de un soț dominator. Miza ei? Fiica pierdută sub spectrul Politicii Copilului Unic din China. Timpul se scurge. Soțul ei se apropie. În paralel, reținem viața Rebeccăi Whitney. Bogăție, carieră în publishing, o casă superbă și o fiică adoptată pe care o adoră. Două lumi opuse. Două femei pe un curs de coliziune inevitabil. Un scandal industrial fisurează fațada perfectă a Rebeccăi. Identitatea devine un câmp de luptă. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Jean Kwok dozează suspansul, alternând perspectivele între supraviețuirea brutală și prăbușirea privilegiului. Cei care au parcurs Searching for Sylvie Lee de Jean Kwok vor fi pregătiți pentru complexitatea secretelor de familie și pentru forța emoțională a legăturilor materne care sfidează granițele. Față de debutul său, Girl in Translation, unde accentul cădea pe adaptarea imigrantului, acest nou roman ridică miza, transformând drama de familie într-un mister cu ritm alert. The Leftover Woman nu este doar un roman despre dispariție, ci despre ce înseamnă să aparții într-un oraș divizat.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780063346987
ISBN-10: 0063346982
Pagini: 277
Dimensiuni: 147 x 225 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:Internationale Ausgabe (US)
Editura: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută un amestec de suspans și profunzime psihologică. Veți câștiga o perspectivă onestă asupra sacrificiilor materne și a barierelor culturale invizibile din inima New York-ului. Este o lectură pentru cei care vor să înțeleagă complexitatea adopțiilor internaționale și a luptei pentru identitate, totul ambalat într-o intrigă polițistă care vă va ține în alertă.

Despre autor

Jean Kwok s-a născut în Hong Kong și a emigrat în Brooklyn în copilărie, experiență care îi infuzează proza cu o autenticitate rară. Absolventă de Harvard și cu un master în arte frumoase la Columbia, ea a cunoscut succesul internațional cu bestsellerul Girl in Translation. Înainte de a scrie full-time, a lucrat ca profesoară de engleză și traducător în Olanda. Această perspectivă multiculturală și experiența personală de imigrantă îi permit să exploreze cu finețe temele dezrădăcinării și ale legăturilor de familie în The Leftover Woman.

Notă biografică

Jean Kwok is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in universities, colleges, and high schools across the world. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award, the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award international shortlist. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard University and earned an MFA from Columbia University. She is fluent in Chinese, Dutch, and English, and divides her time between the Netherlands and New York City

Descriere scurtă

A Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times • Elle • People • New York Post • Goodreads • Crimereads • and many more!
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.
"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
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 the daughter who was taken from her at birth?another female casualty of China's controversial One Child Policy. But with her husband on her trail, the clock is ticking, and she's forced to make increasingly risky decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her daughter.
Meanwhile, publishing executive Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a prestigious family name and the wealth that comes with it, a high-powered career, a beautiful home, a handsome husband, and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. She's even hired a nanny to help her balance the demands of being a working wife and mother. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardize not only Rebecca's job but her marriage, this perfect world begins to crumble and her role in her own family is called into question.
The Leftover Woman finds these two unforgettable women on a shocking collision course. Twisting and suspenseful and surprisingly poignant, it's a profound exploration of identity and belonging, motherhood and family. It is a story of two women in a divided city?separated by severe economic and cultural differences yet bound by a deep emotional connection to a child.
?A magnetic meditation on secret histories, motherhood, love, and how we show up for each other in the most surprising of ways. A beautiful, propulsive story!? ? Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me
"A heart-tugging exploration of love, belonging, and the meaning of family." ? Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl

Recenzii

"Jean Kwok delivers again with The Leftover Woman—a magnetic meditation on secret histories, motherhood, love, and how we show up for each other in the most surprising of ways. A beautiful, propulsive story!”  — Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me
"Jean Kwok has done it again. Her newest novel will make your heart race as it follows two determined women: one whose choices have been limited, and one who has the world at her feet. Jean’s heroines cross languages, borders, and cultures to collide in a confrontation that leaves blood on their hands. As gorgeous as it is thrilling, The Leftover Woman tells a story of identity, ambition, and love that makes us look again at who we are and who we're forced to be. It asks us: How far would you go to get what you want?" — Julia Phillips, bestselling author of Disappearing Earth
"The Leftover Woman is an unforgettable, beautifully written page-turner that’s about so many things at once: a courageous woman fighting to escape an abusive husband, a mother’s love and sacrifice, and how culture and language dramatically change the lens through which we are seen and evaluated by others. Jean Kwok uses an intricately layered plot to ensnare and mesmerize us with fierce, complex characters. I absolutely adored this novel, from its tantalizing first pages to the poignant ending." — Angie Kim, bestselling author of Miracle Creek 
“What a page-turner! The Leftover Woman asks aching questions about family and love even as it hop-scotches across cultures and classes, bringing both tragedy and hope. A marvelous read.” — Gish Jen, award-winning author of The Resisters 
“An utterly riveting novel about two very different mothers, The Leftover Woman is not only an absolutely propulsive thriller but also a profound exploration of poverty and privilege, oppression and escape, desire and the self. This spellbinding narrative of immigration and hidden identity proves in so many ways that love has no boundaries.” — Lan Samantha Chang, author of The Family Chao 
“Kwok’s story spans generations, continents and language barriers, combining old-fashioned Nancy Drew sleuthing with the warmth and heart we’ve come to expect from this gifted writer.” — New York Times Book Review on Searching for Sylvie Lee
 “A moving tale that, while billed as a mystery, transcends the genre….. This is a beautifully written story in which the author evokes the hard reality of being an immigrant and a woman in today’s world.” — Washington Post on Searching for Sylvie Lee
“A satisfying hybrid of mystery and family drama.” — People on Searching for Sylvie Lee
“I couldn’t help but continue to read to figure out where she was and what happened to her. You can’t put it down!”
— Jenna Bush Hager, Today Show Book Club Pick
“Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok is a mystery about a daughter’s disappearance that will have you on the edge of your beach chair.” — theSkimm
“Deftly moving between generations and from New York to the Netherlands, Searching for Sylvie Lee is a page-turner, and a suspenseful journey of secrets, family, loyalty, and loss.” — Lisa Ko, award-winning author of The Leavers
“This isn’t a novel––it’s a puzzle box of familial secrets, some dark, others luminous, all of it haunting, mysterious, and completely satisfying. I was utterly spellbound.” — Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“Like all most compelling mysteries, Jean Kwok’s Searching for Sylvie Lee has a powerful emotional drama at its heart. A twisting tale of love, loss and dark family secrets.” — Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water
“Dazzling. A heartbreaking, tumultuous ride of a novel that upends our expectations—about family loyalty, cultural identity and the very nature of love itself—at every twist and turn. Kwok is a wise and knowing story-teller who keeps us under her spell until the very last page.” — Julie Otsuka, New York Times bestselling author of The Buddha in the Attic
“Searching for Sylvie Lee is riveting. A dazzling, talented woman disappears, leading her younger sister to search the Netherlands—and the past—for the truth. This novel is part mystery, part saga of an immigrant family.  It is both gripping and emotionally resonant on every page—a remarkable achievement.” — Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of Testimony
“A dazzling display of the unique bonds among women, mothers and daughters. It’s a suspenseful read detailing what happens when the oldest daughter in a Chinese immigrant family disappears.” — CNN.com