World and town: a novel
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The award-winning author of Thank You, Mr. Nixon and The Resisters delivers “[a] triumph of a novel.... Jen reflects America, at its best, its worst, its most vulnerable” (The Miami Herald), and asks deep questions about religion, love, home, and meaning.
Hattie Kong, a retired teacher and a descendant of Confucius, has decided that it’s time to start over. She moves to the peaceful New England town of Riverlake, a place that once represented the rock-solid base of American life. Instead of quietude, Hattie discovers a town challenged by cell-phone towers, chain stores, and struggling farms. Soon Hattie is joined by an immigrant Cambodian family on the run, and—quite unexpectedly—Carter Hatch, a love from her past.
Hattie Kong, a retired teacher and a descendant of Confucius, has decided that it’s time to start over. She moves to the peaceful New England town of Riverlake, a place that once represented the rock-solid base of American life. Instead of quietude, Hattie discovers a town challenged by cell-phone towers, chain stores, and struggling farms. Soon Hattie is joined by an immigrant Cambodian family on the run, and—quite unexpectedly—Carter Hatch, a love from her past.
Subjects
Subjects
Cambodian Americans
Cambodian Americans -- Fiction
Chinese-American women
Chinese-American women -- Fiction
City and town life
City and town life -- United States -- Fiction
Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Refugee families
Refugee families -- Fiction
Rural development
Rural development -- Fiction
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction
Cambodian Americans -- Fiction
Chinese-American women
Chinese-American women -- Fiction
City and town life
City and town life -- United States -- Fiction
Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Refugee families
Refugee families -- Fiction
Rural development
Rural development -- Fiction
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction
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9780307594419
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Cambodian Americans -- Fiction
Chinese-American women -- Fiction
City and town life -- United States -- Fiction
Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Refugee families -- Fiction
Rural development -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
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City and town life -- United States -- Fiction
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World and Town : a novel [electronic resource] / Gish Jen
World and Town A Novel
World and town : a novel / Gish Jen
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World and Town A Novel
World and town : a novel / Gish Jen
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Chinese-American women
City and town life
Fiction
Literature
Refugee families
Rural development
Widows
Women
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City and town life
Fiction
Literature
Refugee families
Rural development
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