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Jan 9, 2024 · ISBN: 978-0-385-53925-8. Page Count: 720. Publisher: Doubleday. Review Posted Online: Dec. 21, 2014. Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2015. Categories: GENERAL FICTION. Share your opinion of this book. In this debut novel set in China, two generations struggle with the consequences of ambition and the difficult search for belonging.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Thank you William Morrow for accepting my request to read and review River East, River West on NetGalley. Stars: 3 This was okay. There were many scenes throughout that were difficult to read and imagining the action left me sick. The prejudices of Chinese versus Chinese-American are portrayed. In addition the wealthy versus poor.
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Jan 13, 2024 · River East, River West. by Aube Rey Lescure. Publication Date: January 9, 2024. Genres: Fiction. Hardcover: 352 pages. Publisher: William Morrow. ISBN-10: 0063257858. ISBN-13: 9780063257856. Shanghai, 2007: Raised by her American expat mother, 14-year-old Alva has never known her Chinese father and is certain a better life awaits them in America.
Feb 1, 2024 · Book Review. River East, River West is a debut novel that explores the concepts of nationality, identity, and yearning through a mixed race teenager and her Chinese step-father. The book uses these two characters to parallel a coming-of-age story and a story of reckoning.
In a stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative and set against China's political history and economic rise, River East, River West is an intimate family drama and a sharp social novel. Alternating between Alva and Lu Fang's points of view, this is a profoundly moving exploration of race and class, cultural identity and belonging ...
Jan 9, 2024 · She grew up between Provence, northern China, and Shanghai, and graduated from Yale University in 2015. She is the co-author and translator of two books on Chinese politics and economics. Aube’s debut novel, River East, River West, is published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in the US and Duckworth in the UK.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Rave Publishers Weekly. [A] captivating and sharp debut ... Rey Lescure provides immersive depictions of Shanghai and Qingdao along with delicate character work. This is a remarkable story of a family caught between cultures. See All Reviews >>. River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure has an overall rating of Rave based on 4 book reviews.
