One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone,...
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Author: Ko, LisaSummary:Genre: Bildungsromans
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Author: Kondo, MarieSummary:
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles'Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes...
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Author: Honda, TetsuyaSummary:
When a body is discovered near a quiet Tokyo neighborhood, Lieutenant Reiko Himekawa and her squad take the case. Reiko makes a discovery that leads the police to uncover eleven other bodies. But...
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Author: Mehrotra, RatiSummary:
Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, a highly trained sisterhood of elite warriors armed with telepathic blades. Guided by a strict code of conduct, Kyra and the other Orders are...
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Author: Perry, SarahSummary:
"Stunning." -Entertainment Weekly | "Raw and perfect." -Laura Miller, Slate"Heartbreaking yet hopeful." -Samantha Irby, Marie Claire A fierce memoir of a mother'...
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Author: Namioka, LenseySummary:
Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this...
Genre: Historical fiction, Juvenile fiction -
Author: Tanzer, MollySummary:
A gunslinging Taoist psychopomp, Lou might not be a normal nineteen year old, but she's too busy keeping San Francisco safe from ghosts to care. When Lou hears that a bunch of Chinatown boys have...
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Author: Hunt, SamanthaSummary:
After years of absence, Ruth leads her niece Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who--or what--is she hiding? In an...
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Author: Guo, XiaoluSummary:
Xiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her generation, an iconoclastic and completely contemporary voice. Her vivid, poignant memoir, Nine Continents is the story of a...
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Author: Lee, Yoon HaSummary:
The first installment of the trilogy, Ninefox Gambit, centers on disgraced captain Kel Cheris, who must recapture the formidable Fortress of Scattered Needles in order to redeem herself in front...
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Author: Bordier, Anais, Futerman, SamanthaSummary:
It all began when design student AnaIs Bordier viewed a YouTube video and saw her own face staring back. After some research, AnaIs found that the Los Angeles actress Samantha Futerman was born in...
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Author: Wang, ValSummary:
Raised in a strict Chinese-American household, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe-until she shaved her head and became a leftist. But...
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Author: Falletti, SebastienSummary:
Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country... despite her school field trips to public...
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Author: Butcher, AmySummary:
After her friend fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend due to what psychiatrists later dubbed an acute psychotic break, Amy Butcher became obsessed with finding an explanation for the crime. This is...
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Author: Estes, KelliSummary:
Inara Erickson discovers a relic of the past in her family's estate, and with it, a shameful secret that could destroy her family. She faces a terrible choice: bring dishonor to her family, or...
Genre: Domestic fiction, Historical fiction