Book Synopsis:
Jasmine Yang thought her daughter was dead at birth. But five years after she was taken from her arms, she learns that her controlling husband sent the baby to America to be adopted, a casualty of China’s one-child-policy. Fleeing her rural Chinese village, Jasmine arrives in New York City with nothing except a desperate need to find her daughter. But with her husband on her trail, the clock is ticking, and she’s forced to make increasingly risky decisions if she ever hopes to be reunited with her child.
Meanwhile, Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a high-powered career, a beautiful home, a handsome husband and an adopted Chinese daughter she adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardise not only Rebecca’s job but her marriage, this perfect world begins to crumble.
Two women in a divided city, separated by wealth and culture, yet bound together by their love for the same child. And when they finally meet, their lives will never be the same again…
My Review:
The Leftover Woman is a powerful, emotional and thought provoking read that will stay with me.
The story is told from the point of view of two women. Jean who gave birth to a little girl but was told by her controlling husband that she’d died. She finds out she was adopted and follows her to the Us. And Rebecca who is a successful publisher living in New York. She has achieved everything she wants in life, apart from a child. The two women are very different from each other as they both come from different worlds both culturally and in terms of wealth. It was therefore so lovely to see this very different pair come together and bond over their shared loved for their child.
I thought this book had a steady pace to it and I soon found myself invested in the story. As a mum myself I really felt for the two women and the confusing situation they find themselves in. I couldn’t pick a favourite as I felt sorry for both of them and had to keep reading to find out what happens.There were a few twists that kept me guessing and I loved the way the author gradually increases the tension to make the book hard to put down and the reader even more invested in the story.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to the publisher for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Jean Kwok is the international bestselling author of Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and Searching for Sylvie Lee, which was a Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick and an instant New York Times bestseller. Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in schools across the world. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award, the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award and the Sunday Times Short Story Award international shortlist. She immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and earned an MFA from Columbia University. She currently lives in the Netherlands.
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