Books by Jean Kwok

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Mambo in Chinatown

by Jean Kwok
333 pages - - 1 MB New!

“Mambo in Chinatown” is a story of love, loss, heartbreak, and unbreakable bonds. This novel is written by Jean Kwok .  This is a gorgeous story about how life doesn’t always work out the way we want it to, but if we’re willing, we can still make it a great life. It is a good compelling story, engaging, and easy to read. This is the perfect holiday novel, you can pick it up and get straight back into the story. The novel “Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok ” is an enjoyable story that moves along at a good pace. It is not too quickly, but at a pace that keeps the reader engaged waiting to discover the outcome. It has a satisfactory ending which is a little predictable but ties up all the loose ends. Some of the male characters are a little too good to be true but that doesn’t spoil any part of the story. The author switches between the two time periods effortlessly and easily which doesn’t always happen in these kinds of books. Each storyline had a richness that was only strengthened by the comparison and contrast to the other.

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Searching for Sylvie Lee

by Jean Kwok
333 pages - - 2 MB New!

The “Searching for Sylvie Lee: A Novel” is a thriller, fiction and suspense novel that plots about two sisters and their mother. Jean Kwok is the author of this mystery novel. Jean is an award-winning author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard and completed an MFA in fiction at Columbia University. In Searching for Sylvie Lee, Jean talks about a Chinese Lee family of two sisters and mother. Both sisters are living happily and they are enjoying their life. Sylvie always takes care of her younger sister, Amy.  Sylvie is a brilliant, successful and beautiful girl of the Lee family. Sylvie flies to the Netherland with her grandmother for a final visit and then disappears. Her grandmother looks here and there, but can’t found her. Amy missing her elder sister, who showered with unconditional love.

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Girl in Translation

by Jean Kwok
333 pages - - 1 MB New!

The “Girl in Translation” is a literature, fiction and thriller novel that describes the story of a girl and her mother. Jean Kwok is the author of this best-selling novel. Jean is the award-winning and international best-selling Chinese American author. She also writes short Stories, Poetry, Essays, and Anthologies. The author describes the story about a young girl and her mother, who immigrates to New York in order to live a better life after the death of her husband. Jean Kwok shares the living conditions in America, after the death of her father. They reside in roach and rat-infested apartment found for them by their jealous and superficial Aunt, where both Ma and Ah-Kimberly barely live. There is no heat and they sleep under piles of clothing, mostly inadequate, for the harsh winters of Brooklyn. They make ends meet by eating small meals of rice, using their oven to deliver heat in the small kitchen, and sewing blankets and clothes out of fabric they find in trash dumps. That is the reason they immigrate to New York. Would they able to live a life which they dream of in New York City? To sum it up, Girl in Translation is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant.

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The Leftover Woman

by Jean Kwok
333 pages - - Free New!

“The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok ” is a good book that you can read online or download to read it later. Before starting the reading or downloading, here is the summary of the book that you can read. You may also like Wizards Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin PDF Download An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women—from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation.