After reporting his grandmother's actions to local authorities, Ah Liam and his family attempt to flee their home on Drum Wave Islet to escape the Communist Party's investigation and punishment of their family's disloyalty.
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Kirstin Chen schafft Erzählungen, die sich mit der Komplexität von Identität und den Echos der Vergangenheit auseinandersetzen und oft Charaktere erforschen, die sich mit ihrem Erbe und ihrem Platz in der Welt auseinandersetzen. Ihr Schreiben zeichnet sich durch scharfe Einblicke in die menschliche Psychologie und fesselndes Storytelling aus. Chen verwendet ausdrucksstarke Prosa und eine sorgfältig aufgebaute Atmosphäre, um den Leser in Geschichten einzutauchen, die lange nach der letzten Seite nachhallen. Ihre Romane bieten eine treffende Untersuchung gesellschaftlicher Erwartungen und persönlicher Entscheidungen, was zu Werken von tiefgreifender Nuancierung und Tiefe führt.
HUSTLERS meets BIG LITTLE LIES in the thrilling new novel about women breaking bad that everyone will be talking about in Summer 2022... Meet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has ticked all of life's boxes. She's married to a successful surgeon and has just taken an indefinite career break to raise her adorable toddler. A picture-perfect life. Meet Winnie: Ava's old college roommate. Once awkward, quiet and apparently academically challenged, she left Stanford in a shroud of scandal. But now, she is charismatic, wealthy and has returned to town dripping in designer accessories. An actual perfect life. When the two women bump into one another at a local coffee shop, it seems like fate has intervened: Winnie's new-found success is courtesy of a shady business and she needs a favour; Ava is realising she is not built for the stay-at-home life. But what starts as one favour turns into two, then three, and soon Ava is in far deeper than she ever imagined. Now Ava has to make the ultimate decision: cut and run, or risk it all? LOVE for Kirstin Chen: 'Delicious, page-turning' Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians 'Engrossing' Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere 'Complex and rich' Harper's Bazaar 'Brilliant' ELLE