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Bezig met laden... Ghost Girl, Banana: A Novel (editie 2023)door Wiz Wharton (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Lily and her mother Sook-Yin are unforgettably vivid and real. The snapshot of Kowloon in the past and in modern day is fascinating and informs the family history and dynamics in a beautiful way. The mystery at the heart of the book is teased out until the end and has such satisfying twists that I exclaimed aloud WHOA more than once. Even more amazing is that this is a debut novel for Wiz Wharton — I will definitely keep an eye out for more in future. ( ) Ghost Girl, Banana by: Wiz Wharton. Harper Collins due March 2023 **** ( 4 stars) #netgalley #GhostGirlBanana Thanks to Netgalley, HarperCollins, and Wiz Wharton for sending ARC e-book for a fair review. Ghost Girl ( an insult referring to someone who is bi-racial and not belonging to either race), Banana (someone only yellow on the outside) is the perfect title for this captivating and enthralling novel of 2 women, a mother and a daughter, looking for acceptance and belonging. This ia a novel of family, and identity and perfectly describes the power of this novel. Sook-Yin Chen is a training to become a nurse in London, and marries a "Westerner". She inherits a huge sum of money from a relative she barely knew which sets her on a path along which she learns about family secrets, from her Sister and her Mother. Its these secrets, the hatred and denial from her family and especially her brother, that push the subletries of this story. This is an amazing, well-written novel. Wiz Wharton is an author to keep an eye on. Give this a read. You will enjoy it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Hong Kong, 1966. Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honor to her family. But as she trains to become a nurse in cold and wet England, Sook-Yin realizes that, like so many transplants, she must carve out a destiny of her own to survive. Thirty years later in London, having lost her mother as a small child, biracial misfit Lily can only remember what Maya, her preternaturally perfect older sister, has told her about Sook-Yin. Unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, Lily embarks on a secret pilgrimage across the world to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. But just as change is coming to Hong Kong, so Lily learns Maya's secrecy about their past has deep roots, and that good fortune comes at a price. Heartfelt, wry and achingly real, Ghost Girl, Banana marks the stunning debut of a writer-to-watch"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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