Girl in translation

Jean Kwok First published 2010

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • chinese
  • chinese american teenagers
  • fiction
  • mothers and daughters
  • women immigrants