Girl in Translation - Kindle edition by Kwok, Jean. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note . Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is a moving novel about a young girl and her mother immigrating to New York in order to achieve a better life after the untimely death of the child's father. However, success in America isn't as easily gained as the mother hoped it would be. Now facing poverty, destitution, and a bitter family debt, Ah-Kimberly Reviews: K. Girl in Translation Summary. Next. Prologue. Kim stands outside a Chinatown bridal shop and watches a five-year-old girl in the window. Seeing the girl, Kim is reminded of why she didn't want this life for her child—this little girl will spend her life working in a factory. When the girl's father walks in, Kim feels as though her heart is breaking.
Girl in Translation Summary. Kim stands outside a Chinatown bridal shop and watches a five-year-old girl in the window. Seeing the girl, Kim is reminded of why she didn't want this life for her child—this little girl will spend her life working in a factory. When the girl's father walks in, Kim feels as though her heart is breaking. Jean Kwok was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Brooklyn as a young girl. Jean received her bachelor's degree from Harvard and completed an MFA in Fiction at Columbia. She worked as an English teacher and Dutch-English translator at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and now writes full-time. In Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok has given us a previously untold immigrant story - about a brilliant young girl who excels at school, works nights in a New York City sweatshop, and lives with her mother in an abandoned apartment with no heat. That elements of the story are based on Kwok's own life in s America makes Kwok's.
Need help on characters in Jean Kwok's Girl in Translation? Check out our detailed character descriptions. From the creators of SparkNotes. Jean Kwok is the New York Times and international bestselling, award-winning author of SEARCHING FOR SYLVIE LEE, GIRL IN TRANSLATION and MAMBO IN CHINATOWN. Her work has been published in twenty countries and taught in universities, colleges, and high schools across the world. In Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok has given us a previously untold immigrant story – about a brilliant young girl who excels at school, works nights in a New York City sweatshop, and lives with her mother in an abandoned apartment with no heat. That elements of the story are based on Kwok’s own life in s America makes Kwok’s accomplished first novel all the more remarkable.".
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