The leavers : a novel
One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. 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. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is 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.
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- ISBN: 9781432841188
- Physical Description 603 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition Large print edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
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The Leavers
Winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged FictionOne morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon and never comes home. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It's the story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with her mistakes.