""A unique and enthralling style. . .flawless." – Baltimore Books Examiner In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women, and into the lives of the unforgettable Camilla, Shadow, and Rainbow Chang. When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious magician, competed with the beautiful Camilla for the affections of organized crime leader Master Lung, she almost lost ev ...
A widow and her two grown children search for answers about the past in both America and China, in this insightful novel of an immigrant family’s journey.   After a lifetime of sacrifice, Ling’s husband has passed away. Though she has both a son and a daughter to comfort her, she has struggled to understand how they live their lives—Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, inexplicably refuses to have ...
In this poignant and evocative novel by acclaimed author Kristina McMorris, a country is plunged into conflict and suspicion–forcing a young woman to find her place in a volatile world.Los Angeles, 1941. Violinist Maddie Kern's life seemed destined to unfold with the predictable elegance of a Bach concerto. Then she fell in love with Lane Moritomo. Her brother's best friend, Lane is the handsome, ambitious son of Japanese immigrants. M ...
LIAR, LIAR . . .   In the photograph Martha Benn has kept for two decades, three girls lounge on the grass during a school field trip. Beside Martha, there’s Liv, petite and wickedly funny, and Juliet, their unofficial leader, brave, kind, and effortlessly beautiful. Back then, they meant the world to each other. But when Juliet disappeared, the bond between Martha and Liv unraveled too.   Martha was the last known pe ...
Die junge Liebe zwischen Anna und Coop nimmt ein gewaltsames Ende, als Annas Vater sie entdeckt. Auf verschlungenen Wegen gehen die Getrennten fortan durchs Leben: Coop betaubt seinen Lebensschmerz in den Spielhollen von Las Vegas beim Poker. Seine an Ubersinnlichkeit grenzende Begabung macht ihn zu einem der gefurchtetsten Spieler der Szene. Anna fluchtet nach Sudfrankreich, wo sie sich vollig der Arbeit an einer Kunstlerbiographie hingibt. Mic ...
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award Nominated for The Otherwise Award and The Sunburst Award "Blending the surreal and the entirely possible, The Tiger Flu is majestically compelling. A must-read." – Eden Robinson, author of Son of a Trickster In this visionary novel by Larissa Lai – her first in sixteen years – a community of parthenogenic women, sent into exile by patriarchal and corporate Salt Water City, go to war against disease, te ...
