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Mambo in Chinatown : A Novel by Jean Kwok (2014, Softcover) UNCORRECTED PROOF
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- Seller Notes
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Mambo in Chinatown : a Novel
- ISBN
- 9781594632006
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, General, Literary, Asian American
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 21.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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From the bestselling author of "Girl in Translation," a novel about a young woman torn between her family duties in Chinatown and her escape into the world of ballroom dancing. Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (America-born Chinese), Charlie s entire world has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and her eleven-year-old sister, and works miserably as a dishwasher. But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew existed, and everything she once took to be certain turns upside down. Gradually, at the dance studio, awkward Charlie s natural talents begin to emerge. With them, her perspective, expectations, and sense of self are transformed something she must take great pains to hide from her father and his suspicion of all things Western. As Charlie blossoms, though, her sister becomes chronically ill. As Pa insists on treating his ailing child exclusively with Eastern practices to no avail, Charlie is forced to try to reconcile her two selves and her two worlds Eastern and Western, old world and new to rescue her little sister without sacrificing her newfound confidence and identity."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594632006
ISBN-13
9781594632006
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175217387
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mambo in Chinatown : a Novel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, General, Literary, Asian American
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3611.W65m37 2014
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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"A riveting story . . . [one of] the season's hottest page-turners."- Real Simple "Western convention clashes with traditional Eastern culture when a young, impoverished Chinese-American woman dips her toe into the glittering world of professional ballroom dancing-and finds love."- Woman's Day "In her winning second novel (after Girl in Translation, 2010), Kwok infuses her heartwarming story with both the sensuality of dance and the optimism of a young woman coming into her own."- Booklist "Charlie's Cinderella story, not to mention Charlie herself, is charming."- Kirkus, "A charming fable."- USA Today "A riveting story . . . [one of] the season's hottest page-turners."- Real Simple "Western convention clashes with traditional Eastern culture when a young, impoverished Chinese-American woman dips her toe into the glittering world of professional ballroom dancing-and finds love."- Woman's Day "In her winning second novel (after Girl in Translation, 2010), Kwok infuses her heartwarming story with both the sensuality of dance and the optimism of a young woman coming into her own."- Booklist "Charlie's Cinderella story, not to mention Charlie herself, is charming."- Kirkus, "A riveting story . . . [one of] the season's hottest page-turners."- Real Simple "Western convention clashes with traditional Eastern culture when a young, impoverished Chinese-American woman dips her toe into the glittering world of professional ballroom dancing-and finds love."- Woman's Day "Charlie's Cinderella story, not to mention Charlie herself, is charming."- Kirkus, Praise for Girl in Translation "At age 5, Kwok moved with her family from Hong Kong to a New York City slum. . . . She has spun some of her experiences into this involving debut. . . . Kwok drops you right inside Kimberly's head, adding Chinese idioms to crisp dialogue. And the book's lesson-that every choice comes at the expense of something else- hits home in any language."- People "Part fairy tale, part autobiography . . . what puts this debut novel toward the top of the pile is its buoyant voice and its slightly subversive ending that suggests 'happily ever after' may have more to do with love of self and of family than with any old Prince Charming."-O , The Oprah Magazine "Dazzling fiction debut."- Marie Claire, "Western convention clashes with traditional Eastern culture when a young, impoverished Chinese-American woman dips her toe into the glittering world of professional ballroom dancing-and finds love."- Woman's Day "Charlie's Cinderella story, not to mention Charlie herself, is charming."- Kirkus
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2013-043639
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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