The expatriates: The inspiration for Expats, starring Nicole Kidman on Amazon Prime Video 26 January 2024 - Softcover

Lee, Janice Yk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349141169 ISBN 13: 9780349141169

Verlag: Little, Brown, 2017

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I raced through this enthralling story of three very different American women living in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. One devastating moment has irreversible consequences for all three. I kept saying 'no, no, no' as I read the description of that moment. My husband said, 'What?' - and I said, 'Be quiet. Let me read.' (Liane Moriarty)

A female, funny Henry James in Asia, Janice Y. K. Lee is vividly good on the subject of Americans abroad...vibrant social satire: Inside these dark materials lies the sharpness of a comic novelist, and Lee's eye for the nuance and clash of culture, class, race and sex is subtle and shrewd (New York Times Book Review)

Brilliantly plotted and written, utterly absorbing, often heartbreaking, The Expatriates looks set to be one of the books of the year (Daily Mail)

An emotionally gripping page-turner (Elle)

We found ourselves racing through this exotic, sexy, heartbreaking book. . . . We couldn't wait to find out what happens to each of the women (Glamour)

Beautiful and heartbreaking (Hello)

We imagine we know these [expatriate] women, who are distanced from their work, friends, and family, but we don't. Janice Y. K. Lee does. Set in Hong Kong, The Expatriates looks inside the lives of three women . . . all in crisis, all needing one another in ways they, and we, can't imagine (Vanity Fair)

Gorgeously wrought (Marie Claire)

Irresistible . . . Lee's wizardry is her ability to whip drama, pathos and humor into a scrumptious page-turning blend. (USA Today, 4/4 stars)

Lee has written a book that manages to shine a penetrating light on both the ups and downs of the expat experience and the resilience of human spirit...A perceptive and compelling tale. By laying bare three lives and dishing out a series of hard knocks, Janice Lee expertly demonstrates how "small decisions lead to big effects" (Literary Review)

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I raced through this enthralling story' Liane Moriarty

'Brilliantly plotted and written, utterly absorbing' Daily Mail

'An emotionally gripping page-turner' Elle

Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage. Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her identity in the wake of a shattering loss.

As each woman struggles with her own demons, their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all. The Expatriates is an atmospheric, moving, and utterly compelling story of motherhood and family set against the unforgettable backdrop of Hong Kong.

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• Verlag: Little, Brown
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0349141169
• ISBN 13: 9780349141169
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1