Girl in Translation
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Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt.
And neither one speaks one word of English.
Yet there is hope. Eleven-year-old Kim goes to school. And though cut off by an alien language and culture and forced by poverty to work nights in a sweatshop - she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she'll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn to lost girl from Hong Kong into a happy American woman? And should she?
Jean Kwok's powerful and moving tale of hardship and triumph, of heartbreak and love, speaks of all that gets lost in translation.
'A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account...has the unmistakable ring of authenticity' Metro
'A truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters' Easy Living
'A classic and moving immigration story' Red
Jean Kwok emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child; her first novel Girl in Translation is based loosely on her own experience as a Chinese immigrant in America. With Girl in Translation Jean Kwok has won the American Library Association Alex Award, an Orange New Writers title and international critical acclaim.
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So many emotions while reading this book. •Most of time, I have sympathy for her: dad dead when she was really young (3 years old); came to America with poor English; mean aunt; awful apartment... The most memorable plot for me, is when she shows the family salary sleet for principle, to prove they don't have money for university application fee. " The moment the principle saw it, she stilled and immediately waived the fee for her." I was so touched and could not help crying and even out of breath. And while so emotional, I, at the first time, felt an eagerness to own this book so I can read it again in the future. This is the first time I felt digital book cannot satisfy me. I bought it immediately. • Then, proud. I was so proud of this girl, this gifted girl, who managed to get out of small and ridiculous living place, who managed to take care of all complexed things in unfamiliar environment when she was just a little girl. She is so powerful and incredible. I cannot imagine with so much stuff distracting her, she still got full scholarship all the way. Sure there is talent, but I am also sure this is not only gift. • Also, happy. Sometimes I felt she was so lucky. Besides her gift in math and science, she has a great mom. Who although cannot speak English, did her best to support her daughter: worked in a incredible awful factory, tried to help her daughter by giving the teacher gift, understood her daughter when she was pregnant accidentally... And she never felt lost when it comes to her goal. She just did her best step by step, never confused, and finally got what she wants. Even with some pity, she already got almost everything which makes me feel jealous. • I also felt the resonance sometimes. About the situation when you get in a situation you can not understand, about the unconfident feelings when oral exams, about liking a boy you know you can not be together only because some insists of yourself. I will definitely read books with similar theme. • Last, interested . The interesting sentences I discovered here are pretty different with other books. And I doubt only Chinese people can share the joy with me - some "Chilingsh" sentences really entertained me by a I-don't-know-why way. Sometimes because of the direct translation from Chinese to English, I have to translate them back to Chinese to understand them. That's so much fun!!! Like, "small-hearted" is not of course the meaning it shows that simple, it means to be careful! That's a surprised fun for me but I really love it. At last I want to thank for the author of this book. I felt encouraged and moved and hopefully every time I read it.❤️
Description
Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt.
And neither one speaks one word of English.
Yet there is hope. Eleven-year-old Kim goes to school. And though cut off by an alien language and culture and forced by poverty to work nights in a sweatshop - she finds the classroom challenges liberating. In books and learning she'll be saved. But can Kim successfully turn to lost girl from Hong Kong into a happy American woman? And should she?
Jean Kwok's powerful and moving tale of hardship and triumph, of heartbreak and love, speaks of all that gets lost in translation.
'A sensitively handled rites-of-passage account...has the unmistakable ring of authenticity' Metro
'A truly amazing story that'll leave you full of admiration and affection for the characters' Easy Living
'A classic and moving immigration story' Red
Jean Kwok emigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn as a child; her first novel Girl in Translation is based loosely on her own experience as a Chinese immigrant in America. With Girl in Translation Jean Kwok has won the American Library Association Alex Award, an Orange New Writers title and international critical acclaim.
Book Information
Posts
So many emotions while reading this book. •Most of time, I have sympathy for her: dad dead when she was really young (3 years old); came to America with poor English; mean aunt; awful apartment... The most memorable plot for me, is when she shows the family salary sleet for principle, to prove they don't have money for university application fee. " The moment the principle saw it, she stilled and immediately waived the fee for her." I was so touched and could not help crying and even out of breath. And while so emotional, I, at the first time, felt an eagerness to own this book so I can read it again in the future. This is the first time I felt digital book cannot satisfy me. I bought it immediately. • Then, proud. I was so proud of this girl, this gifted girl, who managed to get out of small and ridiculous living place, who managed to take care of all complexed things in unfamiliar environment when she was just a little girl. She is so powerful and incredible. I cannot imagine with so much stuff distracting her, she still got full scholarship all the way. Sure there is talent, but I am also sure this is not only gift. • Also, happy. Sometimes I felt she was so lucky. Besides her gift in math and science, she has a great mom. Who although cannot speak English, did her best to support her daughter: worked in a incredible awful factory, tried to help her daughter by giving the teacher gift, understood her daughter when she was pregnant accidentally... And she never felt lost when it comes to her goal. She just did her best step by step, never confused, and finally got what she wants. Even with some pity, she already got almost everything which makes me feel jealous. • I also felt the resonance sometimes. About the situation when you get in a situation you can not understand, about the unconfident feelings when oral exams, about liking a boy you know you can not be together only because some insists of yourself. I will definitely read books with similar theme. • Last, interested . The interesting sentences I discovered here are pretty different with other books. And I doubt only Chinese people can share the joy with me - some "Chilingsh" sentences really entertained me by a I-don't-know-why way. Sometimes because of the direct translation from Chinese to English, I have to translate them back to Chinese to understand them. That's so much fun!!! Like, "small-hearted" is not of course the meaning it shows that simple, it means to be careful! That's a surprised fun for me but I really love it. At last I want to thank for the author of this book. I felt encouraged and moved and hopefully every time I read it.❤️