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The Chinese Groove (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781640095663)
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xFinalist for the California Book Awards
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
An Amazon Editors' Pick
People, A Best Book of the Year For readers of Less and The Wangs Vs. The World, a buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help--even if they don't know it yet Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the "Chinese groove," a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders. Upon arrival, Shelley is dismayed to find that his "rich uncle" is in fact his unemployed second cousin once removed and that the grand guest room he'd envisioned is but a scratchy sofa. The indefinite stay he'd planned for? That has a firm two-week expiration date. Even worse, the loving family he hoped would embrace him is in shambles, shattered by a senseless tragedy that has cleaved the family in two. They want nothing to do with this youthful bounder who's barged into their lives. Ever the optimist, Shelley concocts a plan to resuscitate his American dream by insinuating himself into the family. And, who knows, maybe he'll even manage to bring them back together in the process.
Author: Kathryn Ma
ISBN-10: 1640095667
ISBN-13: 9781640095663
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2022 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 10/10/2022
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2022
Booklist 12/01/2022 pg. 104
Shelf Awareness 02/03/2023
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
An Amazon Editors' Pick
People, A Best Book of the Year For readers of Less and The Wangs Vs. The World, a buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help--even if they don't know it yet Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the "Chinese groove," a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders. Upon arrival, Shelley is dismayed to find that his "rich uncle" is in fact his unemployed second cousin once removed and that the grand guest room he'd envisioned is but a scratchy sofa. The indefinite stay he'd planned for? That has a firm two-week expiration date. Even worse, the loving family he hoped would embrace him is in shambles, shattered by a senseless tragedy that has cleaved the family in two. They want nothing to do with this youthful bounder who's barged into their lives. Ever the optimist, Shelley concocts a plan to resuscitate his American dream by insinuating himself into the family. And, who knows, maybe he'll even manage to bring them back together in the process.
Author: Kathryn Ma
ISBN-10: 1640095667
ISBN-13: 9781640095663
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2022 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 10/10/2022
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2022
Booklist 12/01/2022 pg. 104
Shelf Awareness 02/03/2023
By Kathryn Ma
xKATHRYN MA is the author of the widely praised novel The Year She Left Us, which was named a New York Times Editors' Choice and an NPR "Great Read" of the year. Her short story collection, All That Work and Still No Boys, won the Iowa Short Fiction Award and was named a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Discoveries Book. She is also a recipient of the David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction and has twice been named a San Francisco Public Library Laureate.
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