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245 10 a| Useful phrases for immigrants :b| stories /c| May-lee Chai.;

264 1 a| [Durham, N.C.] :b| Blair,c| [2018];

300 a| 146 pages ;c| 21 cm;

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500 a| Place of publication from publisher's website.;

520 a| In the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations, and emotions that characterize May-lee Chai's amazing stories. Within them, readers will find a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and finally, the world at large. With luminous prose and sharp-eyed observations, Chai reveals her characters' hopes and fears, and our own: a grieving historian seeking solace from an old lover in Beijing, a young girl discovering her immigrant mother's infidelity, workers constructing a shopping mall in central China who make a shocking discovery. Families struggle with long-held grudges, reinvent traditions, and make mysterious visits to shadowy strangers from their past--all rendered with economy and beauty. With hearts that break and sometimes mend, with families who fight and sometimes forgive, the timely stories in Useful Phrases for Immigrants illuminate complicated lives with empathy and passion.;

505 0 a| Useful phrases for immigrants -- Fish boy -- Ghost festivals -- The body -- Canada -- The lucky day -- First Carvel in Beijing -- Shouting means I love you -- Acknowledgments.;

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Useful phrases for immigrants : stories / May-lee Chai.

Author/creator	Chai, May-lee author.
Format	Book
Publication	[Durham, N.C.] : Blair, [2018]
Description	146 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects	Short stories, American. Chinese Americans--Fiction. Chinese--Migrations. --Fiction. Chinese--United States. --Fiction. Interpersonal realtions--Fiction. Group identity--Fiction.

Uniform title	Short stories. Selections
Contents	Useful phrases for immigrants -- Fish boy -- Ghost festivals -- The body -- Canada -- The lucky day -- First Carvel in Beijing -- Shouting means I love you -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract	In the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations, and emotions that characterize May-lee Chai's amazing stories. Within them, readers will find a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and finally, the world at large. With luminous prose and sharp-eyed observations, Chai reveals her characters' hopes and fears, and our own: a grieving historian seeking solace from an old lover in Beijing, a young girl discovering her immigrant mother's infidelity, workers constructing a shopping mall in central China who make a shocking discovery. Families struggle with long-held grudges, reinvent traditions, and make mysterious visits to shadowy strangers from their past--all rendered with economy and beauty. With hearts that break and sometimes mend, with families who fight and sometimes forgive, the timely stories in Useful Phrases for Immigrants illuminate complicated lives with empathy and passion.
General note	Place of publication from publisher's website.
Issued in other form	Online version: Chai, May-Lee. Useful phrases for immigrants. Durham, NC : Blair, [2018] 9781949467093
Genre/form	Short stories.
Genre/form	Short stories.
LCCN	2018035244
ISBN	9780932112767 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN	0932112765 paperback alkaline paper

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