The Chinese groove : a novel /
Ma, Kathryn,
The Chinese groove : a novel / Kathryn Ma. - First Counterpoint edition. - 296 pages ; 24 cm.
"Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the "Chinese groove," a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders"--
9781640095663 1640095667
2022023051
Immigrants--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Asian Americans--Fiction.
American Dream--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
Novels.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
The Chinese groove : a novel / Kathryn Ma. - First Counterpoint edition. - 296 pages ; 24 cm.
"Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father's grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng's tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the "Chinese groove," a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders"--
9781640095663 1640095667
2022023051
Immigrants--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Asian Americans--Fiction.
American Dream--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
Novels.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.