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• Seeking Fortune Elsewhere

  Stories

  Bhanoo, Sindya

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  "From O. Henry Prize winner Bhanoo, this debut collection moves from Pittsburgh to Washington to Tamil Nadu as it illuminates the lives of South Indian immigrants to the United States and the families who remain behind." (Library Journal)

• Black Tea

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  "After saying no on her wedding day, Aya leaves the Ivory Coast for a new life in the buzzing “Chocolate City” in Guangzhou, China. In this district where the African diaspora meets the Chinese culture, she gets hired in a tea boutique owned by Cai,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Edge Case

  a Novel

  Chin, YZ

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  "A Malaysian immigrant in New York embarks on a journey of self-discovery after her husband walks out on her." (Kirkus)

• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

  a Novel

  Desai, Kiran, 1971-

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  "Two young Indian writers discover their conjoined destinies by leaving home, coming back, connecting, disconnecting, and swimming in the ocean at Goa." (Kirkus)

• Saudade

  Fernandes, Plínio

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  "The Portuguese word "saudade" is often given as an example of a term that has no precise equivalent in English; it denotes a kind of nostalgic longing for something out of reach..." - James Manheim

• When the Hibiscus Falls

  Galang, M. Evelina, 1961-

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  "Galang’s short stories brim with family members—lolas and lolos, ates and kuyas, people whose care can be suffocating or revelatory as each generation confronts what Filipino American identity means to them." (Kirkus)

• Fiona and Jane

  Ho, Jean Chen

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  "Close friends Fiona and Jane—or Jane and Fiona—are constant presences in each other’s lives, sometimes from afar, sometimes in each other’s faces. From childhood through early adulthood, the two Taiwanese American young women scramble though the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Joy Luck Club

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  Based on the 1989 novel by Amy Tan, this 1993 film directed by Wayne Wang depicts the relationships between four Chinese-American women and their Chinese immigrant mothers as they navigate cultural and generational divides.

• The Liberators

  a Novel

  Koh, EJ, 1988-

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  "The moving and lyrical debut novel from memoirist Koh follows an unhappy South Korean couple who emigrates to the U.S." (Publishers Weekly)

• The Making of Asian America

  a History

  Lee, Erika

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  This comprehensive history of the experiences of Asians in the United States stretches back to the precolonial era, but includes a detailed description of how Asian American communities grew and changed after 1965 with the passing of the Immigration…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nightbloom

  a Novel

  Medie, Peace Adzo, 1981-

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  "When a childhood friendship sours, two young Ghanaian women are filled with confusion and spite." (Kirkus)

• Sula

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  Sula and Nel are two Black women who have navigated girlhood together but their choices in adulthood set them on divergent paths with irrecoverable consequences.

• The Law That Changed the Face of America

  the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

  Orchowski, Margaret Sands, 1941-

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  The title of THE HEART SELLERS is a play on the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, also known as the Immigration and Nationality Act, which removed racial immigration quotas that had been in place since the 1920s. Journalist and immigration expert Orchowski…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Pronounce Knife

  Stories

  Thammavongsa, Souvankham, 1978-

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  "Poet Thammavongsa makes her fiction debut with this sharp and elegant collection that focuses on the hopes, desires, and struggles of Lao immigrants and refugees in an unnamed English-speaking city." (Publishers Weekly)

• First Love Language

  Valentine, Stefany

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  "Adopted Taiwanese American Catie Carlson yearns to understand more about her culture and biological mother and offers to teach a co-worker how to date in exchange for learning Mandarin, in a story about grief, family and following one's heart."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Emperor of Gladness

  a Novel

  Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

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  "In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hao

  Stories

  Ye, Chun

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  "A ribbon of frustration unfurls through this collection of 12 short stories that chronicle the efforts of Chinese and Chinese American women seeking to speak the truth about their lives." (Kirkus)

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  Alone on Thanksgiving in 1973 while their husbands work long hours, young immigrants Luna and Jane meet as strangers over the frozen turkeys at the grocery store and decide to celebrate this unfamiliar holiday together. As they bond over their new…Read moreRead more of this annotation