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Loading... Girl in Translationby Jean Kwok
This novel read like a memoir. I learned a few things about Chinese immigrant culture. It kept me hooked, but I wasn't a fan of the ending. (  ) heike6 | May 2, 2013 |  I listened to this book on CD in my car and it was one of those audiobooks that made me wish there was more traffic. The reader is fantastic, and I had to check the description on the back of the case to make sure it wasn't a memoir. The reader almost had me convinced me she was Kimberly Chang. (  ) Cather00 | Apr 27, 2013 | What begins as the experiences of Chinese immigrants and their struggles with language, culture, and work in New York turns into a love story about teenaged girl who can't make up her mind about the guy she loves. The first third is good, then it is less so. I did like the exploration of Chinese idioms. ( ) LDVoorberg | Apr 7, 2013 | One of the best books I've read in a long time. ( ) pam.enser | Apr 1, 2013 | This book left so much unwritten. Teenager immigrates from Hong Kong, check. Feels like an outsider, check. Lives and works in horrible conditions, check. Falls in love, check. Overcomes obstacles to become a success, check. Oh, and by the way - lots and lots of roaches, and rats in Brooklyn. I like a good immigrant story. I like a good coming of age story. This was neither one. A little thin on plot and theme if you ask me. And the character motivations were never quite clear. Why is Aunt Paula so mean. Why is the mother so reluctant to leave an unheated condemned apartment. The motivations were never clear, so the actions sometimes seemed contrived. (  ) Sylvie.Fox | Jan 9, 2013 |
 Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about. Written in an indelible voice that dramatizes the tensions of an immigrant girl growing up between two cultures, surrounded by a language and world only half understood, Girl in Translation is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant—a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation. Kwok adeptly captures the hardships of the immigrant experience and the strength of the human spirit to survive and even excel despite the odds.
No descriptions found. Emigrating with her mother from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, Kimberly Chang begins a secret double life as an exceptional schoolgirl during the day and sweatshop worker at night, an existence also marked by her first crush and the pressure to save her family from poverty.… (more) |
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