The Resource What we were promised, Lucy Tan
What we were promised, Lucy Tan
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The item What we were promised, Lucy Tan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident sets off a wave of unease that ripples throughout the Zhen household. Wei, a marketing strategist, bows under the guilt of not having engaged in nobler work. Meanwhile, Lina, lonely in her new life of leisure, assumes the modern moniker taitai-a housewife who does no housework at all. She is haunted by the circumstances surrounding her arranged marriage to Wei and her lingering feelings for his brother, Qiang. Sunny, the family's housekeeper, is a keen but silent observer of these tensions. An unmarried woman trying to carve a place for herself in society, she understands the power of well-kept secrets. When Qiang reappears in Shanghai after decades on the run with a local gang, the family must finally come to terms with the past and its indelible mark on their futures. From a silk-producing village in rural China, up the corporate ladder in suburban America, and back again to the post-Maoist nouveaux riches of modern Shanghai, What We Were Promised explores the question of what we owe to our country, our families, and ourselves
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316437189
- Label
- What we were promised
- Title
- What we were promised
- Statement of responsibility
- Lucy Tan
- Subject
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- trueHousehold employees
- Families -- China -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueImmigrants
- trueImmigrants, Chinese
- trueJewelry theft
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueNouveaux riches
- trueRich families
- trueSecrets
- Shanghai (China) -- Fiction
- trueShanghai, China
- trueArranged marriage
- trueChinese Americans in China
- trueDiscontent
- Domestic fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident sets off a wave of unease that ripples throughout the Zhen household. Wei, a marketing strategist, bows under the guilt of not having engaged in nobler work. Meanwhile, Lina, lonely in her new life of leisure, assumes the modern moniker taitai-a housewife who does no housework at all. She is haunted by the circumstances surrounding her arranged marriage to Wei and her lingering feelings for his brother, Qiang. Sunny, the family's housekeeper, is a keen but silent observer of these tensions. An unmarried woman trying to carve a place for herself in society, she understands the power of well-kept secrets. When Qiang reappears in Shanghai after decades on the run with a local gang, the family must finally come to terms with the past and its indelible mark on their futures. From a silk-producing village in rural China, up the corporate ladder in suburban America, and back again to the post-Maoist nouveaux riches of modern Shanghai, What We Were Promised explores the question of what we owe to our country, our families, and ourselves
- Summary
- Returning home to Shanghai after years of chasing the American dream, Wei Zhen and his newly wealthy family, including his wife, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, must each confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10677203
- Cataloging source
- MRGLN
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1988-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tan, Lucy
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3620.A6835
- LC item number
- W53 2018
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Families
- Shanghai (China)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- What we were promised, Lucy Tan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316437189
- Lccn
- 2017944470
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1041940532
- (OCoLC)1041940532
- Label
- What we were promised, Lucy Tan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316437189
- Lccn
- 2017944470
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- on1041940532
- (OCoLC)1041940532
Subject
- trueHousehold employees
- Families -- China -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueImmigrants
- trueImmigrants, Chinese
- trueJewelry theft
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueNouveaux riches
- trueRich families
- trueSecrets
- Shanghai (China) -- Fiction
- trueShanghai, China
- trueArranged marriage
- trueChinese Americans in China
- trueDiscontent
- Domestic fiction
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