Kirstin Chen
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"Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this facade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from...
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Gretchen Lin leaves her heart (or at least her floundering marriage) in San Francisco and moves back to her childhood home in Singapore. Surrounded by family, Gretchen struggles with the tension between personal ambition and filial duty. She must decide whether she will return to her marriage or sacrifice everything and join her family's crusade to spread artisanal soy sauce to the world. This is a love story that will give readers an appreciation...
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Little A
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[2018]
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After reporting his grandmother's actions to local authorities, Ah Liam and his family attempt to flee their home on Drum Wave Islet to escape the Communist Party's investigation and punishment of their family's disloyalty.
1957, Maoist China. Twelve year old Ah Liam reports his grandmother for vandalizing a portrait of Chairman Mao. The Community Party investigates-- and the whole family is to be punished for disloyalty. The family plans to move...