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Deceit and Other Possibilities

by Vanessa Hua
David Shih
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In her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua gives voice to immigrant families navigating a new America. Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters straddle both worlds but belong to none. From a Hong Kong movie idol fleeing a sex scandal to an obedient daughter turned Stanford pretender, from a Chinatown elder summoned to his village to a Korean American pastor with a secret agenda, the characters in the collection illustrate the conflict between self and society, tradition and change. In "What We Have Is What We Need," winner of the Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, a boy from Mexico reunites with his parents in San Francisco. When he suspects his mother has found love elsewhere, he fights to keep his family together. With insight and wit, Hua writes about what wounds us and what we must survive. This all-new edition of Deceit and Other Possibilities marks the emergence of a remarkable writer.
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Publisher: HighBridge Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781684579075
  • File size: 248568 KB
  • Release date: March 10, 2020
  • Duration: 08:37:50

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781684579075
  • File size: 248603 KB
  • Release date: March 10, 2020
  • Duration: 08:43:51
  • Number of parts: 10
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Fiction Literature Short Stories

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English

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Lexile® Measure:890
Text Difficulty:4-5

In her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua gives voice to immigrant families navigating a new America. Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters straddle both worlds but belong to none. From a Hong Kong movie idol fleeing a sex scandal to an obedient daughter turned Stanford pretender, from a Chinatown elder summoned to his village to a Korean American pastor with a secret agenda, the characters in the collection illustrate the conflict between self and society, tradition and change. In "What We Have Is What We Need," winner of the Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, a boy from Mexico reunites with his parents in San Francisco. When he suspects his mother has found love elsewhere, he fights to keep his family together. With insight and wit, Hua writes about what wounds us and what we must survive. This all-new edition of Deceit and Other Possibilities marks the emergence of a remarkable writer.
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Fiction Literature Short Stories
  • Details

    Publisher:
    HighBridge
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781684579075
    File size: 248568 KB
    Release date: March 10, 2020
    Duration: 08:37:50

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781684579075
    File size: 248603 KB
    Release date: March 10, 2020
    Duration: 08:43:51
    Number of parts: 10

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 890
    Text Difficulty: 4-5
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