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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 da...

Introducing a fresh, exciting new voice, an inspiring debut about a Chinese immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life-...

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 ...

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 однокл...