River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure

River East, River West by Aube Rey LescureSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 Shanghai, 2007: feeling betrayed by her American mothers engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen year old Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School a potential ticket out is not what she imagined. Qingdao, 1985: newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China

But can anyone win a fight like this

Zeina Karam

for so long that the lands have reshaped themselves

'This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel

Eventually Shirin begins to express her pain the only way she knows how

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But instead of going under she discovered the lessons of the sea

the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city

People sprang off the pavement

with additional quotes from Joyce's poetry & letters

I like to sleep and I like to blog

Viola and Fox are drawn into a quest that neither wants nor expects