EAN: 9780593713075

HOLDING PATTERN - JENNY XIE KARTONIERT (TB)

A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE There is so much heart in these pages  so much
wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit  from beginning to end.” – Weike Wang 
author of Joan is OkayHolding Pattern. Noun. 1. A state of suspended progress. 2. The awkward
way your mother tries to hug you now that you live with her. Again.Kathleen Cheng has blown up
her life. She’s gone through a humiliating breakup  dropped out of her graduate program  and
left everything behind. Now she’s back in her childhood home in Oakland  wondering what’s
next.To her surprise  her mother isn’t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed
or desperate to return to China  the new Marissa Cheng is sporty  perky  and has been
transformed by love. Kathleen thought she’d be planning her own wedding  but instead finds
herself helping her mother plan hers—to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.Grasping for
direction  Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of
therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection  an
unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships—especially the
one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew  adult to adult?As they peel back
the layers of their history—the old wounds  cultural barriers  and complex affection—they must
come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward  and what they’ve done to
hold each other back. Brilliantly observant  tender  and warm  Holding Pattern is a hopeful
novel about immigration and belonging  mother-daughter relationships  and the many ways we
learn to hold each other.

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