The Leavers

One morning, Deming Guo s mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home No one can find any trace of her.With his mother gone, eleven year old Deming is left with no one to care for him He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an all American boy But far away from all he s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mother s disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind.Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid and moving examination of borders and belonging It s the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he s loved has been taken away and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past.This powerful debut is the winner of the 2016 PEN Bellwether Prize for fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. New Download [ The Leavers ] author [ Lisa Ko ] – kino-fada.fr Junior year of high school, he had seen a Chinese woman in the Littletown Mall Thin, with permed hair, gripping plastic bags with the handles twisted around each other She d honed in there was no hiding his face, and when she spoke he understood her Mandarin She was lost Could he help She needed to make a phone call, find a bus Her face was scared and anxious Two teenage boys, pale and gangly, had watched and mimicked her accent, and Daniel had said, in English, I can t speak ChineseJunior year of high school, he had seen a Chinese woman in the Littletown Mall Thin, with permed hair, gripping plastic bags with the handles twisted around each other She d honed in there was no hiding his face, and when she spoke he understood her Mandarin She was lost Could he help She needed to make a phone call, find a bus Her face was scared and anxious Two teenage boys, pale and gangly, had watched and mimicked her accent, and Daniel had said, in English, I can t speak Chinese Afterwards, he tried to forget the woman, because when he did think of her, he felt a deep, cavernous loneliness. Apologies for the long opening quote, but I felt this one small scene beautifully captured the feel of The Leavers It is a sad book about immigration and identity, made evenpoignant by the lack of emotional manipulation It doesn t feel driven by an agenda it just feels like a story about some people And, because of that, it feels true.It is a quiet tale, driven by its characte...Wow This book is a kindle special for 1.99 today If you haven t read it yet have a kindle grab it for this price It s a GREAT BOOK I thought I was the fool for waiting so long to read it It was only after I touched the hardback in my indi Book store silky smooth to touch gorgeous vibrant orange colorstamped as an Literary Award Winner.did I ask myself, what the hel... The Leavers by Lisa Ko is utterly exquisite This book about two different people s struggle between doing what is right, what people want and expect them to do, and what they want to do, is tremendously moving and powerful As t...Imagine you re a 17 year old girl named Peilan who becomes Polly, and you ve come come to the US from China seeking a better life And oh by the way you re pregnant and here illegally, owing a loan shark 50,000 You have to work long hours in awful working conditions to scrape enough for the payments You have to bring your infant son to work with you because there is no one to care for him There are some things that happen in this story that were hard to relate to but then this immigrant exp Imagine you re a 17 year old girl named Peilan who becomes Polly, and you ve come come to the US from China seeking a better life And oh by the way you re pregnant and here illegally, owing a loan shark 50,000 You have to work long hours in awful working conditions to scrape enough for the payments You have to bring your infant son to work wi...5 Stars.Deming Guo was a young boy when one day, his mother disappeared That morning, he went to school and she went to work The difference He came home The Leavers is a coming of age story about a Chinese American boy named Deming Guo n k a Daniel Wilkinson Deming had to grow up faster, and learn to shut off his feelings and thoughts in a way that no child ever should He and his mother Peilan Polly were always very close They were, like two birds of a feather, two peas in a pod, be 5 Stars.Deming Guo was a young boy when one day, his mother disappeared That morning, he went to school and she went to work The difference He came home The Leavers is a coming of age story about a Chinese American boy named Deming Guo n k a Daniel Wilkinson Deming had to grow up faster, and learn to shut off his feelings and thoughts in a way that no child ever should He and his mother Peilan Polly were always very close They were, like two birds of a feather, two peas in a pod, best friends They lived in an apartment with Polly s boyfriend Leon, his sister Vivian and her son, Michael and they became an instant family The day his mother failed to come home, everything changed His life was taken away and all of a sudden, he was sent to live with Peter and Kay Wilkinson and he became Daniel Wilkinson Peter and Kay tried to Americanize him Thereafter, Daniel str...Damn damn damn spoilers Even though the blurb and reviews don t come out and say exactly what happened, a couple of buzz words kept loudly buzzing around in my head Unfortunately, they landed on the exact right spot Bingo I figured out what had happened almost as soon as the story started It spoiled the mystery, that s for sure.But luckily this story isn t primarily a mystery It s a well written and interesting coming of age story about a Chinese American kid, Deming aka Daniel It s als Damn damn damn spoilers Even though the blurb and reviews don t come...The Leavers by Lisa Ko is a 2017 Algonquin Books publication Timely, heartbreaking, and emotional.Polly immigrates to the US from China and is raising her young son Deming, living with her boyfriend, Leon, his sister, Vivian, and her son, Michael But, one day, after an argument, Polly leaves for work and disappears With no blood relatives, Deming finds himself at the mercy of Vivian, who says she can t afford to keep him However, he does end up in a good home, with Kay and Peter, an educated The Leavers by Lisa Ko is a 2017 Algonquin Books publication Timely, heartbreaking, and emotional.Polly immigrates to the US from China and is raising her young son Deming, living with her boyfriend, Leon, his sister, Vivian, and her son, Michael But, one day, after an argument, Polly leaves for work and disappears With no blood relatives, Deming finds himself at the mercy of Vivian, who says she can t afford to keep him However...With sincere gratitude I thank Algonquin Books, Annie Mazes of Workman Publishing, the author, Lisa Ko, and Edelweiss for providing an e galley of Leavers for my enjoyment and review.A special shout out to Northshire Bookstore and Tracy Davies, Events Manager for bringing Kisa Ko to Booktopia 2017 in Manchester, Vermont I usually format my reviews with The Hook, The Line, and The Sinker This is difficult to do with galleys as the publisher asks that passages not b...Deming Guo is a fifth grader living with his mother Polly in the Bronx Polly is an illegal immigrant who supports them by working at a nearby nail salon Together, they live in an apartment with her boyfriend and his family One day, Polly does not return home from work and no one can find her Ten years later, Deming is a college student named Daniel He is struggling with life and has developed a gambling problem He is uninterested in college, and his friends are tired of his indecisiveness Deming Guo is a fifth grader living with his mother Polly in the Bronx Polly is an illegal im...In China, Polly longs for a better life one of adventure and excitement rather than confinement and poverty Although she works for a time in a larger city, she continues to long forPolly ends up in New York, owing a vast amount of money to loan sharks in order to pursue her dreams She has a baby boy, Deming, and eventually has to extend her loan to send him back to her father in China until he is school age.When Deming returns, Polly is still living in straitened circumstances and wor In China, Polly longs for a better life one of adventure and excitement rather than confinement and poverty Although she works for a time in a larger city, she continues to long forPolly ends up in New York, owing a vast amount of money to loan sharks in order to pursue her dreams She has a baby boy, Deming, and eventually has to extend her loan to send him back to her father in China until he is school age.When Deming returns, Polly is still living in straitened circumstances and working long hours to repay her loans When Deming is 11 years old, their world is turned upside down through a series of life altering circumstances Deming finds himself adopted into a white family in a small city outsid...

• English
• 01 January 2017
Lisa Ko
• Hardcover
• 352 pages
• 1616206888
• Lisa Ko
• The Leavers