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The Chinese groove a novel

"Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to...

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Main Author: Ma, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2023.
Edition: First Counterpoint edition.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Asian Americans > Fiction.
American Dream > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary: "Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the "Chinese groove," a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders"--
Physical Description: 296 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781640095663
1640095667
Author Notes: KATHRYN MA is the author of the widely praised novel The Year She Left Us , which was named a New York Times Editors ' Choice and an NPR "Great Read" of the year. Her short story collection, All That Work and Still No Boys , won the Iowa Short Fiction Award and was named a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Discoveries Book. She is also a recipient of the David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction and has twice been named a San Francisco Public Library Laureate.

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