Naomi Alderman et al. Morrow, $28.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-313605-2
In this disappointing anthology of authorized pastiches featuring Agatha Christie’s Jane Marple, some contributors fail to play fair with readers by not sharing the clues the elderly amateur sleuth relies on, and almost none of the tales effectively
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Jean Kwok, Author . Riverhead $25.95 (293p) ISBN 978-1-59448-756-9
A resolute yet naïve Chinese girl confronts poverty and culture shock with equal zeal when she and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn in Kwok's affecting coming-of-age debut. Ah-Kim Chang, or Kimberly as she is known in the U.S., had been a...
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Jean Kwok. Riverhead Books, $27.95 (368p) ISBN 978-1-59463-200-6
Charlie Wong can’t catch a break: instead of taking after her late, beautiful dancer mother, she’s awkward and clumsy, and unlike her gifted younger sister, Lisa, she’s a terrible student. After struggling through high school, she lands a dishwasher
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Jean Kwok. Morrow, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-283430-0
Kwok’s thoughtful thriller (after Mambo in Chinatown) explores the Chinese immigrant experience in New York and Amsterdam, as the death of a grandmother leads two sisters to discover secrets about their family’s past. Beautiful, high-achieving older
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Jean Kwok. Morrow, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-303146-3
Kwok’s propulsive latest (after Searching for Sylvie Lee) follows a young woman who escapes an abusive marriage in China to find the daughter her husband gave up for adoption. Jasmine married Wen in her rural village when she was 14. Told her...
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Jean Kwok, read by Grayce Wey, Penguin Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 12 hours, $39.95 ISBN 978-0-14-242799-6
This audiobook is the perfect match of narrator and material. Grayce Wey's performance as immigrant Kimberly Chang feels absolutely authentic. As the adult Kimberly looking back at her life, Wey has just a touch of a Chinese accent (appropriate for...
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