Paper Names - Susie Luo
Category: Novel
Narrator: Austin Ku
Tags: Novel, Historical Fiction, Adults, Contemporary
*A Publishers Lunch Buzz Book*, An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity and the American experiencefor fans of Jean Kwok, Mary Beth Keane and Naima Coster., Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. Theres Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, theres Oliver, a handsome white lawyer with a dark family secret and who lives in the building where Tony works. A violent attack causes their lives to intertwine in ways that will change them forever., Taut, panoramic and powerful, debut novelist Susie Luos Paper Names is an u
