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?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 CommonwealthLisa 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 . Join hundreds of thousands of satisfied members who previously spent countless hours searching for media and content online, now enjoying the hottest new Books, Magazines & Comics

?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 CommonwealthLisa 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 .

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?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

CommonwealthLisa 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-yearold

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


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?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 CommonwealthLisa 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 wellmeaning

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

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