by Jean Kwok · Piemme · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788856605099
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«La strada dei desideri segreti» is the novel by Jean Kwok, published by Piemme in paperback (303 pages, in Italian).
Ah-Kim emigrates from Hong Kong to New York with her mother after her father's death; there she is called Kimberly. They live in a flat belonging to a rich relative, with rats and broken windows, and Kim helps her mother by working in a tailor's shop. Despite the difficulties, she stands out for her ease in studying and her resilience, and makes her way without losing her humour.
Italian translation by Isabella Vaj; work originally published as «Girl in Translation». In 2011 it received the ALA Alex Award.
For readers of coming-of-age novels, contemporary fiction and narratives about migration; common in reading clubs.
Jean Kwok is the award-winning, New York Times and international bestselling Chinese American author of the novels Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and Searching for Sylvie Lee, which was chosen as The Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick.
