Books by Lisa Ko and Complete Book Reviews

Lisa Ko. Algonquin, $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-61620-688-8
Ko’s debut is a sweeping examination of family through the eyes of a single mother, a Chinese immigrant, and her U.S.-born son, whose separation haunts and defines their lives. Eleven-year-old Deming’s mother, Polly, suddenly disappears from the...
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Lisa Ko. Riverhead, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-54210-1
Ko (The Leavers) spans past, present, and future with the astute story of three Chinese American women from the New York City tristate area over the course of their lives. As a teen in 1980s suburbia, Giselle Chin knows she wants to be an artist,...
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Lisa Ko, read by Emily Woo Zeller. HighBridge Audio, , unabridged, 12 CDs, 15 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-6816-8508-3
Ko’s novel centers on Peilan/Polly, a Chinese immigrant who fails to return from work one day, abandoning her 11-year-old son in the Bronx. Through perspective shifts and flashbacks, the story gradually reveals what happened to her during the years...
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