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Author Kwok, Jean, author.

Title Searching for Sylvie Lee : a novel / Jean Kwok.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  L-P KWOK, J.    Storage
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  LARGE PRINT FICTION KWOK    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Large Print  LP-KWOK    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Large Print Materials  LARGE PRINT F KWOK, JEAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Large Print Materials  LT F KWOK JEAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Large Print Materials  LT F KWOK JEAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Large Print Materials  LT F KWOK JEAN    Check Shelf
Edition First HarperLuxe edition.
Description 470 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rda
Note "Larger Print"--Spine.
Summary Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother--and then vanishes. Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn't rejoin her family in America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love. But what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always looked out for them. Now, it's Amy's turn to help. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister's movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will reveal more about Amy's complicated family--and herself--than she ever could have imagined.
Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother-- and vanishes. Amy is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie, who was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place. Amy flies to the last place Sylvie was seen, retracing her sister's movements. It seems Sylvie kept painful secrets that reveal more about Amy's family than she ever could have imagined. -- adapted from back cover
Subject Chinese American women -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Netherlands -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Genre/Form Domestic fiction.
ISBN 9780062912022 (paperback ; large print)
006291202X (paperback ; large print)
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