The Resource The leavers : a novel, Lisa Ko
The leavers : a novel, Lisa Ko
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The item The leavers : a novel, Lisa Ko represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The leavers : a novel, Lisa Ko represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Note
- "Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited."
- Isbn
- 9781616206888
- Label
- The leavers : a novel
- Title
- The leavers
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Lisa Ko
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Awards note
- PEN America Literary Award winner.
- Cataloging source
- CoCr/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ko, Lisa
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Adopted children
- Mothers and sons
- Illegal aliens
- Self-actualisation (Psychology)
- Children of illegal aliens
- Mothers and sons
- Deportation
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The leavers : a novel, Lisa Ko
- Note
- "Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058894243
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616206888
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016043934
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)953599445
- Label
- The leavers : a novel, Lisa Ko
- Note
- "Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000058894243
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616206888
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2016043934
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)953599445
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