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Ko, Lisa

Summary: "One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KO

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Ko

Ko, Lisa

Summary: "Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City, their fortunes quickly diverge. Giselle Chin is a performance artist,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC KO
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

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