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REAL AMERICANS - RACHEL KHONG KARTONIERT (TB)

** THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **   'Insightful and heartfelt' GLAMOUR   'Easy to
inhale' GUARDIAN   'Mesmerizing ' BRIT BENNETT  author of THE VANISHING HALF    ***  HOW FAR
WILL WE GO TO BELONG?   On the precipice of Y2K  unpaid intern Lily Chen is attempting to live
the American dream in New York City. But her scientist parents imagined so much more for her
when they fled Mao's cultural revolution  hoping for a better life. Despite the glamour of her
media job  Lily can barely make rent - until she falls into the arms of Matthew. This young
financier can give her a fairy tale life of luxury  and for the first time her dreams appear
within reach.  High school student Nick Chen and his best friend Timothy are plotting to break
free. College promises escape from an isolated and close-knit island in Washington State  space
from his strict and secretive mum Lily  and the chance to finally fit in. But when Nick sets
out to find his long-lost father  a world of questions opens  and it is one unexpected member
of the Chen family who holds the key to it all.   Real Americans is a family epic about
identity  sacrifice  choices and fate. It is a wildly imaginative and profound story of
betrayal and forgiveness that asks us how far we should go for those we love.  ***   'Traverses
time with verve and feeling' RAVEN LEILANI  author of LUSTER   'An eye-opener  imaginative and
exhilarating' HA JIN  author of WAITING   'Gorgeous  heartfelt  soaring  philosophical and
deft' ANDREW SEAN GREER  author of LESS

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