Searching for Sylvie Lee
A Novel
$27.50
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2021
Summary
“Powerful … A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets” - Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water
It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother - and then vanishes.
Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529398281 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529398282 |
| Author: | Jean Kwok |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Powerful … A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets
Like all most compelling mysteries, Jean Kwok’s Searching for Sylvie Lee has a powerful emotional drama at its heart. A twisting tale of love, loss and dark family secrets - Paula Hawkins
Kwok’s story spans generations, continents and language barriers, combining old-fashioned Nancy Drew sleuthing with the warmth and heart we’ve come to expect from this gifted writer - New York Times Book ReviewGripping and emotionally resonant on every page - a remarkable achievement - Scott TurowA heartbreaking, tumultuous ride of a novel that upends our expectations-about family loyalty, cultural identity and the very nature of love itself-at every twist and turn - Julie OtsukaA moving tale that, while billed as a mystery, transcends the genre … This is a beautifully written story in which the author evokes the hard reality of being an immigrant and a woman in today’s world - Washington PostSuch a brilliant smart mystery. The twists, the cultural implications and the family secrets all play out slowly with tantalising risk - iNewsJean Kwok
Jean Kwok is the New York Times and international bestselling, award-winning author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. She has been selected for numerous honours, including the Sunday Times Short Story Award international shortlist. She is trilingual, fluent in Dutch, Chinese, and English, and studied Latin for seven years. Jean immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood. She currently lives in the Netherlands.
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