Mambo in Chinatown

A Novel

Jean Kwok

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Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)
01 February 2016

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

From the bestselling author of Girl in Translation, an inspiring novel about a young woman torn between her family duties in Chinatown and her escape into a more Western world.

From the bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee andGirl in Translation, an inspiring novel about a young woman torn between her family duties in Chinatown and her escape into a more Western world.

Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York's Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (American-born Chinese), Charlie's entire life has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and her eleven-year-old sister, and works-miserably-as a dishwasher.

But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew existed, and everything she once took to be certain turns upside down. Gradually, at the dance studio, awkward Charlie's natural talents begin to emerge. With them, her perspective, expectations, and sense of self are transformed-something she must take great pains to hide from her father and his suspicion of all things Western. As Charlie blossoms, though, her sister becomes chronically ill. As Pa insists on treating his ailing child exclusively with Eastern practices to no avail, Charlie is forced to try to reconcile her two selves and her two worlds-Eastern and Western, old world and new-to rescue her little sister without sacrificing her newfound confidence and identity.

By: Jean Kwok
Imprint: Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 321g
ISBN: 9781594633805
ISBN 10: 1594633800
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 February 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jean Kwok is the author of Girl in Translation. She was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Brooklyn as a young girl. Between graduating from Harvard and attending the Columbia MFA program, she worked as a professional ballroom dancer.

Reviews for Mambo in Chinatown: A Novel

Praise for Mambo in Chinatown A charming fable. USA Today A riveting story . . . [one of] the season s hottest page-turners. Real Simple In her winning second novel, Kwok infuses her heartwarming story with both the sensuality of dance and the optimism of a young woman coming into her own. Booklist Charlie s Cinderella story, not to mention Charlie herself, is charming. Kirkus Reviews