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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Ko, Lisa.     Subjects     Noncitizens -- Fiction.     Single mothers -- Fiction.     Mothers and sons -- Fiction.     Children of immigrants -- Fiction.     Deportation -- Fiction.     Adoption -- Fiction.     Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction.     Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ko, Lisa.       by title:      The leavers : a nove...       by call number:      FICTION KO     Search the Web     Ko, Lisa.     Noncitizens -- Fiction.     Single mothers -- Fiction.     Mothers and sons -- Fiction.     Children of immigrants -- Fiction.     Deportation -- Fiction.     Adoption -- Fiction.     Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction.     Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The leavers : a novel / Lisa Ko. by Ko, Lisa. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017. Call #: FICTION KO Subjects Noncitizens -- Fiction.   Single mothers -- Fiction.   Mothers and sons -- Fiction.   Children of immigrants -- Fiction.   Deportation -- Fiction.   Adoption -- Fiction.   Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction.   Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781616206888 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  338 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  "One morning, Deming Guo’s mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon--and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well-meaning white professors, Deming is moved from the Bronx to a small town upstate and renamed Daniel Wilkinson. But far from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents’ desire that he assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he left behind. Told from the perspective of both Daniel--as he grows into a directionless young man--and Polly, Ko’s novel gives us one of fiction’s most singular mothers. Loving and selfish, determined and frightened, Polly is forced to make one heartwrenching choice after another. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It’s a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past. "--From publisher. Genre:  Domestic fiction. Literary fiction. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION KO Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION KO Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION KO Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sheet Harbour Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION KO Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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