Girl in Translation


Edition: US - Paperback / softback
Price:
Sale priceHK$118.00 Regular priceHK$180.00
Stock:
Re-stocking soon
Product Info
English Age Adult - Adult
320 pages 5.15 x 7.95 x 0.7 in
Approx. weight: 0.49 lb
Publication date: 03 May,2011
Barcode: 9781594485152 Riverhead Books / Penguin

More books in English for Age Adult - Adult
  • Fiction: general and literary
  • Narrative theme: Coming of age

Description

By: Jean Kwok     
From the author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, the iconic, New York Times-bestselling debut novel that introduced an important Chinese-American voice with an inspiring story of an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. 

When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life—like the staggering degree of her poverty, the weight of her family's future resting on her shoulders, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition—Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles.

Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about. Written in an indelible voice that dramatizes the tensions of an immigrant girl growing up between two cultures, surrounded by a language and world only half understood, Girl in Translation is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant-a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation.

You may also like

熱銷中 Top Trending

View all
Dog Man 13: Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13)-Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: genres-買書書 BuyBookBook
Dog Man 13: Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13)
Sale priceFrom HK$75.00 Regular priceHK$150.00
In stock
Thinking, Fast and Slow (UK)(Daniel Kahneman)-Nonfiction: 政治經濟 Politics & Economics-買書書 BuyBookBook
Thinking, Fast and Slow (UK)(Daniel Kahneman)
Sale priceHK$125.00 Regular priceHK$156.00
In stock
The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation
Sale priceFrom HK$92.00 Regular priceHK$140.00
In stock
InvestiGators: Class Action-Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: genres-買書書 BuyBookBook
InvestiGators #08 Class Action
Sale priceHK$67.00 Regular priceHK$182.00
In stock
Dog Man 12: The Scarlet Shedder-Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Superheroes and super-villains-買書書 BuyBookBook
Dog Man 12: The Scarlet Shedder
Sale priceHK$88.00 Regular priceHK$182.00
In stock
The Wild Robot Series Boxset
The Wild Robot Series Boxset
Sale priceFrom HK$139.00 Regular priceHK$201.00
In stock
Mufasa: The Lion King Novelization-Children’s / Teenage fiction: General and modern fiction-買書書 BuyBookBook
Mufasa: The Lion King Novelization
Sale priceHK$59.00 Regular priceHK$90.00
In stock
Dog Man (正版) Bundle (Dav Pilkey)
Dog Man (正版) Bundle (Dav Pilkey)
Sale priceFrom HK$269.00 Regular priceHK$499.00
In stock
Super Sleuth (David Walliams)-Children’s / Teenage fiction: Biographical/ historical fiction and true stories-買書書 BuyBookBook
Super Sleuth (David Walliams)
Sale priceHK$97.00 Regular priceHK$169.00
In stock
如果歷史是一群喵 套裝
如果歷史是一群喵 套裝
Sale priceFrom HK$384.00 Regular priceHK$590.00
In stock
Dork Diaries: I Love Paris!-Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes-買書書 BuyBookBook
Dork Diaries #15 I Love Paris! (Rachel Renee Russell)
Sale priceHK$67.00 Regular priceHK$112.00
In stock
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess (Book 19)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess (Book 19)
Sale priceHK$85.00 Regular priceHK$210.00
In stock
Minecraft Joke Book (Paperback) Harpercollins (UK)
Minecraft Joke Book (Paperback)
Sale priceHK$47.00 Regular priceHK$63.00
In stock
Dog Man (正版) #11 Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (Dav Pilkey)-Fiction: 幽默搞笑 Humorous-買書書 BuyBookBook
Dog Man (正版) #11 Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (Dav Pilkey)
Sale priceFrom HK$59.00 Regular priceHK$90.00
In stock
Wonka
Wonka
Sale priceFrom HK$64.00 Regular priceHK$95.00
In stock
POKEMON: SUPER DUPER EXTRA DELUXE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK-Computer games / online games: strategy guides-買書書 BuyBookBook
POKEMON: SUPER DUPER EXTRA DELUXE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK
Sale priceHK$149.00 Regular priceHK$210.00
In stock
Pizza and Taco: Coolest Club Ever!
Pizza and Taco: Coolest Club Ever!
Sale priceFrom HK$72.00 Regular priceHK$110.00
In stock
Guinness World Records 2025-Nonfiction: 參考百科 Reference & Encyclopedia-買書書 BuyBookBook
Guinness World Records 2025
Sale priceHK$195.00 Regular priceHK$286.00
In stock
Behaviour Matters: Lion's in a Flap - 買書書 BuyBookBook
Behaviour Matters: Lion's in a Flap
Sale priceHK$29.00 Regular priceHK$84.00
In stock
How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?
How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?
Sale priceFrom HK$85.00 Regular priceHK$130.00
In stock
Watership Down - 買書書 BuyBookBook
Watership Down
Sale priceHK$78.00 Regular priceHK$107.90
In stock
Britannica All New Kids Encyclopedia - What We Know & What We Don't (UK)-Nonfiction: 參考百科 Reference & Encyclopedia-買書書 BuyBookBook
Britannica All New Kids Encyclopedia - What We Know & What We Don't (UK)
Sale priceHK$229.00 Regular priceHK$351.00
In stock
Impossible Creatures
Impossible Creatures
Sale priceFrom HK$77.00 Regular priceHK$117.00
In stock
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (Book 18)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer (Book 18)
Sale priceFrom HK$59.00 Regular priceHK$98.00
In stock
Essential English: Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
Essential English: Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
Sale priceHK$77.00 Regular priceHK$140.00
In stock

Recently viewed