“[A] suspense-filled page-turner.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Sympathizer
"A touching portrait of two families bound together by a split-second decision.” —Attica Locke, Edgar-Award winning author of Bluebird, Bluebird
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A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in Los Angeles, following two families—one Korean-American, one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades-old crime
In the wake of the police shooting of a black teenager, Los Angeles is as tense as it’s been since the unrest of the early 1990s. But Grace Park and Shawn Matthews have their own problems. Grace is sheltered and largely oblivious, living in the Valley with her Korean-immigrant parents, working long hours at the family pharmacy. She’s distraught that her sister hasn’t spoken to their mother in two years, for reasons beyond Grace’s understanding. Shawn has already had enough of politics and protest after an act of violence shattered his family years ago. He just wants to be left alone to enjoy his quiet life in Palmdale.
But when another shocking crime hits LA, both the Park and Matthews families are forced to face down their history while navigating the tumult of a city on the brink of more violence.
Steph Cha is the author of the Juniper Song crime trilogy. She’s an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two basset hounds.
The second novel from the critically acclaimed New York Times–bestselling author Chang-rae Lee.His remarkable debut
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A wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer's America (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) by
the father of Korean American literatureA Penguin ClassicHaving fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and ...
Two young women of vastly different means each struggle to find her own way during
the darkest hours of South Korea’s “economic miracle” in a striking debut novel for readers of Anthony Marra and Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie. Seoul, 1978. At ...
This wonderful hybrid of a novel—a love story, a war story, a novel of manners—introduces
a writer of enchanting gifts, a beautiful heart wedded to a beautiful imagination. How else does Susan Choi so fully inhabit characters from disparate backgrounds, ...
A stunning new picture book from Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet! This
New York Times bestselling duo has teamed up for the first time to bring you How to Read a Book, a poetic and beautiful journey ...
«Para decirlo brevemente, Susan Choi ha escrito un libro genial.» Michael Cunningham «La escritura de
esta novela es magistral. Me afectó personalmente. Me obsesioné con ella. Necesitaba leerla sin parar.» Meg Wolitzer «Choi es una escritora elegante e intuitiva. Sus ...
Baseball is fun—but how does it work? Find all the basics in this lively guide
for the youngest baseball fans from Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Award winner Gail Gibbons!In this illustrated picture book, young readers will learn about:The markings on ...
From the award-winning, bestselling picture book creator of My Car, My Bus, and My Bike comes what Booklist called “Another ideal
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