Download PDF The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel By Lisa Ko
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Ebook About FINALIST FOR THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and Electric Literature “There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko’s novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it’s more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading.” —Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth Lisa Ko’s powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver 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. But far from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents’ desire that he assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he left behind. Told from the perspective of both Daniel—as he grows into a directionless young man—and Polly, Ko’s novel gives us one of fiction’s most singular mothers. Loving and selfish, determined and frightened, Polly is forced to make one heartwrenching choice after another. Set in New York and China, 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.Book The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Review :
The last book that I read that was as bad as this, The Goldfinch, won a Pulitzer Prize. It was a compendium of disreputable characters engaged in endless drunkenness and and bad drug trips. When the author finally stopped boring me, she concluded with a nihilistic essay that was unnecessary and offensive. Apparently, there is not a very high standard for a Pulitzer Prize. The same applies to this "awarded" book.I guess there are no editors left in the world. Who could permit so many chapters to begin without making it clear who was speaking. By the time the subject was revealed, it no longer mattered. Who could permit page after page of description which was of no value to the story? Who would permit so many unlikable and poorly developed characters . Only Michael had it together. Daniel's mother loved him but she loved herself more.Finally, and mercifully, the author realized that she had created a story that she could not end, so she simply stopped writing. The Leavers by Lisa Ko is a Book of the Month pick this month, but I will be honest in stating I did not pick it as one of my selections for the month. My box already had my 3 choices, so when it came out, I picked it up on my own. I am glad I did as it is a book that had me thinking, it stuck with me, and it was just a great read even in the midst of the difficult topics.The book opens with Deming Guo and his mother Polly. They are living in a tiny apartment in NYC with relatives and life is a struggle, but all seems well. Polly goes off to work one day and does not return. Deming is brought to child services where he is adopted by a NY suburban couple and is given the name Daniel.Daniel isn't the perfect child, he struggles in school, he kind of coasts through life, and winds up with a gambling addiction and isolates himself from his friends.Daniel is haunted by his memories of his previous life. He knows he is not Daniel, but Deming and he knows his mother is out there somewhere, so he begins his search for her and what happened that day.The narrative shifts to Polly's story. It is a story of coming into NY as an undocumented pregnant woman who is dropped off alone in the world. She has always been independent, but now she is in NY and must work low wage jobs to make ends meet. She has to make tough choices in her life to protect her son. Her life is a life of struggle and frustration as she knows this isn't the life she wants. Her narrative takes us back to the day she left Deming behind because she was arrested and deported in an immigration raid (not a spoiler).A lot more happens, but I would start walking into spoiler territory, so I am going to end there.I have to write, I loved the parallel lives. Both Daniel and Polly are in places and situations they don't want to be in. They are missing their identities and travel the world kind of lost. Both have major struggles, but they are incredibly different struggles. It was a great piece on identity and not being content with oneself.The writing in the book drew me in and I just flew through this book. The story doesn't ever really slow at all and at times I didn't want to put it down. It isn't that a lot happens, but you do care about Daniel and Polly. The emotional pull of almost resenting Polly for what she did and the pull back to loving her because she had no other choice, but to give up Deming was a roller coaster.I cannot recommend this one enough. This is a pure drama, so don't expect comedy breaks or a beach read. This is just a great book that needs time to marinade with.I gave this one 5 stars. Read Online The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Download The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel PDF The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Mobi Free Reading The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Download Free Pdf The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel PDF Online The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Mobi Online The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Reading Online The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel Read Online Lisa Ko Download Lisa Ko Lisa Ko PDF Lisa Ko Mobi Free Reading Lisa Ko Download Free Pdf Lisa Ko PDF Online Lisa Ko Mobi Online Lisa Ko Reading Online Lisa KoRead Online Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back By Jackie Speier
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