The unpassing /

A searing debut novel that explores community, identity, and the myth of the American dream through an immigrant family in Alaska In Chia-Chia Lin's debut novel, The Unpassing, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The fa...

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Main Author: Lin, Chia-Chia, 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019].
Edition:First edition.
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