Sylvie Lee spent the first nine years of her life in the Netherlands, with Helena (a distant cousin of Sylvie's mother), Willem (Helena's husband), Lukas (Helena and Willem's son), and Sylvie's maternal grandmother. Sylvie's parents had migrated from China to Queens, New York and struggled to establ...
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 (America-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 an...
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-like the staggering degree of her poverty, the ...
Girl In Translation, Jean Kwok, author; Grace Wey, narrator. Ah-Kim (Kimberly) Chang left China with her mother and came to America when she was 11 years old. Assisted by her ma’s elder sister, Aunt Paula, they moved into an apartment and went to work in a clothing factory, both of which she managed...
SWEDISH REVIEW Ny roman från prisbelönta Jean Kwok som gav oss succén Nästan hemma! En inspirerande askungesaga om flickan som finner ett nytt liv med dansens hjälp! Tjugotvååriga Charlie Wong växte upp i New Yorks Chinatown som den äldsta dottern till en ballerina från Peking och en nudelmakare....
What's great about a story like this, is that it humanizes the people going through the trial of adapting to the US from China. The contrast of the class level and cultural backgrounds of some characters play great together. Kwok does such a great job describing everything around Kimberly Chang, the...
This was an interesting and well-written story of a brilliant young woman who emigrated to the US from Hong Kong as a child. It describes her experiences working with her mother in a sweatshop under ridiculously illegal labor practices, adjusting to living in a practically condemned, roach infested ...
This book was a compelling read for me. The writing pulled me into the character's environment and feelings. When I first finished it, I did not like the ending. After a few days, I am not sure I like it, but I understand it more. Overall it was enjoyable and thought provoking.
I enjoyed this book a lot. The writing is simple but powerful and Kimberly feels like a real person. At times I forgot I was reading a novel. At the end the story comes into play a lot more. I was worried that everything would wrap up too neatly, but Kwok avoids anything too circular. Girl in Transl...
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