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The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel by Lisa Ko is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly , Time.com, Bustle , BuzzFeed , The Millions , and Nylon.com. " The Leavers is courageous, sensitive, and perfectly of this moment." —Barbara Kingsolver An emotionally harrowing debut novel that explores assimilation and loss, immigration and homeland, independence and connection. One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an "all-American boy." But far away from all he's ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with...
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lisa Ko
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781616207137
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (7,640 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14