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Happy family : [a novel] / Wendy Lee.
Van Pelt Library PS3612.E3468 H37 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Wendy, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nannies--Fiction.
- Nannies.
- Chinese.
- Immigrants.
- United States.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Adopted children--Fiction.
- Adopted children.
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Chinese--United States--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Black Cat, [2008]
- Summary:
- "Happy family" is not just the name of a dish on a Chinese menu--it also refers ironically to the relationships that Hua Wu discovers in her new home, New York City. Originally from Fuzhou, China, Hua Wu spends most of her time missing her homeland and her grandmother before connecting in a West Village park with Jane Templeton and her daughter, Lily, who was adopted from China. Soon, the young Chinese woman leaves her restaurant job to nanny for Jane and Richard, Jane's husband. A strong bond quickly grows between Hua Wu and Lily; when the familial facade finally fractures, Hua Wu takes the steps that she believes are necessary to protect Lily.
- Notes:
- Subtitle from cover.
- Includes reading group guide.
- ISBN:
- 9780802170460
- 0802170463
- OCLC:
- 184823333
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