{"product_id":"9780141042749","title":"Jean Kwok - Girl in Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Jean Kwok. Themes include Fiction, Coming of Age, Family Life, Asian American, City Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGirl in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e by Jean Kwok is a powerful story about a Chinese immigrant family in Brooklyn. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd neither one speaks one word of English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet there is hope. Eleven-year-old Kim goes to school. And though cut off by an alien language and culture and forced by poverty to work nights in a sweatshop - she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she'll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn to lost girl from Hong Kong into a happy American woman? And should she? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Kwok's powerful and moving tale of hardship and triumph, of heartbreak and love, speaks of all that gets lost in translation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account...has the unmistakable ring of authenticity' \u003ci\u003eMetro \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters' \u003ci\u003eEasy Living \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A classic and moving immigration story' \u003ci\u003eRed \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Kwok emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child; her first novel \u003ci\u003eGirl in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e is based loosely on her own experience as a Chinese immigrant in America. With Girl in Translation Jean Kwok has won the American Library Association Alex Award, an Orange New Writers title and international critical acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58222100316534,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780141042749.jpg?v=1783437664","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780141042749","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}