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21) A thread of sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Widowed after a devastating accident and fearful of facing her grief alone, Chinese-American Irene Shen reunites three generations of independent women from her estranged family--including her mother, sister, and daughters--during a tour of mainland China.
23) Tracking time
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
The disappearance of a young doctor in Central Park brings Detective Sergeant April Woo and her canine unit into the case, but the crime-fighting team sniffs out another body instead, complicating an already difficult murder investigation.
Author
Series
Catherine Ling novels volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
When CIA operative Catherine Ling's old friend Hu Chang creates something so deadly, and completely untraceable, the chase is on to be the first to get it. With rogue operative John Gallo also on the hunt, Catherine finds herself pitted against a group so villainous and a man so evil that she may not survive the quest to protect those she cares about.
Author
Series
Beacon paperback volume 812
Pub. Date
1988, c1981
Description
The story of a Chinese-American pioneer woman who overcame poverty, foot -binding, and slavery to build a life of relative freedom in the American Northwest.
26) Hao: stories
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"[A] debut collection of short stories by a three-time Pushcart Prize winner following Chinese women in both China and the United States who turn to signs and languages as they cross the alien landscapes of migration and motherhood."--
27) Disorientation
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"A struggling PhD student makes a shocking discovery about a famous Chinese American poet that sets into motion a series of escalating events, both humorous and fraught, that culminates in an incendiary reckoning of her relationships, beliefs, and identity"--
28) Hanging time
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
"Amid the upscale elegance and random violence of New York's Upper West Side, a saleswoman hangs from the chandelier of a trendy boutique. The corpse wears an expensive dress; garish makeup disfigures her face. Maggie Wheeler has been dead for two days, two blocks from the police station."--BOOK JACKET. "Detective April Woo of the N.Y.P.D.; who not so long ago worked out of the relative obscurity of Chinatown, and her partner, Detective Sergeant Mike...
Author
Series
Rich novels (Kevin Kwan) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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Description
Envisioning a summer vacation in the humble Singapore home of a boy she hopes to marry, Chinese American Rachel Chu is unexpectedly introduced to a rich and scheming clan that strongly opposes their son's relationship with an American girl.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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Description
"Set in near-future America, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence. Protagonist Frida Liu, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet, after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one very bad day. To regain custody, Frida must spend a year...
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