{"product_id":"river-east-river-west-9780715655627","title":"River East  River West","description":"\u003ch2 align=\"justify\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dark and glittering debut that traces a mixed family’s troubled trajectory through developing China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShanghai, 2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: feeling betrayed by her American mother’s engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen-year-old Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School – a potential ticket out – is not what she imagined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQingdao, 1985\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China opens up to foreigners and capital, and Lu Fang meets awoman who makes him question what he should settle for...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRiver East, River West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity and family, of capitalism’s false promise and private dreams.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRIVER EAST, RIVER WEST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e‘A novel about reinvention. It’s original, it’s funny, and it’s sometimes heartbreaking as well’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMonica Ali, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Marriage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (judge for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An incredible novel that immediately absorbs you into the lives of a complicated mixed family during China’s economic boom. Rey Lescure writes beautifully about the unfairness of who gets opportunities and who doesn’t, the complexities of family life and the agony of living up to expectations' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuan Goldie, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNightingale Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Aube Rey Lescure’s beautiful debut makes us feel the inexhaustible mystery of other lives. 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I loved this book' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJean Kwok, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSearching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e‘A compelling and thought-provoking coming-of-age story about identity and the narratives we create about ourselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRiver East, River West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a vivid portrait of China and the uneasy relationships of class and family history’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatherine Cho, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInferno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p\" align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A wonderfully compelling debut about a Chinese-American family that lays bare the excesses of wealth, hedonism, poverty, despair and neocolonial arrogance. 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