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5) Red jade
Author
Series
Detective Jack Yu mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
248 p. ; 20 cm.
Description
When two murder victims are discovered on the historical Tong battleground in New York's Chinatown, Detective Jack Yu follows leads across the country to Seattle, where he confronts a ruthless Chinese-American gangster and a mysterious Hong Kong femme fatale.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.
7) A good fall
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
240 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
An anthology presents detailed pieces illuminating the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America, from a lonely composer who takes comfort in a parakeet's song to a group of children who want to change their names.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
"It is 1938 in China and, as a young wife, Meilin?s future is bright. But with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter...
9) Death money
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players. With the help of...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
336 pages cm
Description
"Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains,...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"After popular singer Yao Tian takes a private gig in New York at the end of a tour with his state-supported choir, expecting to pick up some extra cash for his daughter's tuition fund, the consequences of his choice spiral out of control. On his return to China, he is informed that the sponsors of the event were in support of Taiwan's secession and that he must deliver a formal self-criticism. When he is asked to forfeit his passport to his employer,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 25 cm
Description
On her very first morning on the jewel-like island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can't stand him. She can't stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can't stand that he knows more about Casa Malaparte than she does, and she really can't stand it when he kisses her in the darkness of the ancient ruins of a Roman villa and they are caught...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
222 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by Chinese all over the world. Danlin's explosive exposes have made him legendary among readers--and feared by Communist officials. But his newest assignment may be his undoing: investigating his ex-wife, Yan Haili, an unscrupulous novelist who has willingly become a pawn of the Chinese government in order to realize...
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