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Friends of the Ferndale Library Book Club

Alissa Malerman, Neighbor

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about.

The Friends of the Ferndale Library Book Club meets the last Tuesday of the month (except December) from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Ferndale Library. New members are always welcome! All titles are available at the Ferndale Library, or can be requested via interlibrary loan.

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