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REVIEWS: The Leavers
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FINALIST FOR THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION.
Lisa Ko’s powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016
PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded for a novel that
addresses issues of social justice. One morning, Deming Guo’s
mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her
job at a nail salon—and never comes home. No one can find any
trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is
left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of
well-meaning white professors, Deming is moved from the Bronx to
a small town upstate and renamed Daniel Wilkinson. Daniel
struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents’ desire that he
assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he
left behind. The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and
belonging. It’s a moving story of how a boy comes into his own
when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns
to live with the mistakes of the past.
Characters: 93. Amazon rating: 4 stars. Genre: Fiction.
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