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World and Town
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Series: Vintage Contemporaries
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ISBN10: 0307473309
ISBN13: 9780307473301
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Oct 4 2011
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.29 Depth: 8.08
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780307473301
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Oct 4 2011
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.29 Depth: 8.08
Language: English
The award-winning author of Thank You, Mr. Nixon and The Resisters delivers [a] triumph of a novel.... Jen reflects America, at its best, its worst, its most vulnerable (The Miami Herald), and asks deep questions about religion, love, home, and meaning.
Hattie Kong, a retired teacher and a descendant of Confucius, has decided that it's time to start over. She moves to the peaceful New England town of Riverlake, a place that once represented the rock-solid base of American life. Instead of quietude, Hattie discovers a town challenged by cell-phone towers, chain stores, and struggling farms. Soon Hattie is joined by an immigrant Cambodian family on the run, and--quite unexpectedly--Carter Hatch, a love from her past.
Hattie Kong, a retired teacher and a descendant of Confucius, has decided that it's time to start over. She moves to the peaceful New England town of Riverlake, a place that once represented the rock-solid base of American life. Instead of quietude, Hattie discovers a town challenged by cell-phone towers, chain stores, and struggling farms. Soon Hattie is joined by an immigrant Cambodian family on the run, and--quite unexpectedly--Carter Hatch, a love from her past.
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