Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
What We Were Promised
Author: Lucy Tan
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316437212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident sets off a wave of unease that ripples throughout the Zhen household. Wei, a marketing strategist, bows under the guilt of not having engaged in nobler work. Meanwhile, Lina, lonely in her new life of leisure, assumes the modern moniker taitai -a housewife who does no housework at all. She is haunted by the circumstances surrounding her arranged marriage to Wei and her lingering feelings for his brother, Qiang. Sunny, the family's housekeeper, is a keen but silent observer of these tensions. An unmarried woman trying to carve a place for herself in society, she understands the power of well-kept secrets. When Qiang reappears in Shanghai after decades on the run with a local gang, the family must finally come to terms with the past and its indelible mark on their futures. From a silk-producing village in rural China, up the corporate ladder in suburban America, and back again to the post-Maoist nouveaux riches of modern Shanghai, What We Were Promised explores the question of what we owe to our country, our families, and ourselves.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316437212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina, and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident sets off a wave of unease that ripples throughout the Zhen household. Wei, a marketing strategist, bows under the guilt of not having engaged in nobler work. Meanwhile, Lina, lonely in her new life of leisure, assumes the modern moniker taitai -a housewife who does no housework at all. She is haunted by the circumstances surrounding her arranged marriage to Wei and her lingering feelings for his brother, Qiang. Sunny, the family's housekeeper, is a keen but silent observer of these tensions. An unmarried woman trying to carve a place for herself in society, she understands the power of well-kept secrets. When Qiang reappears in Shanghai after decades on the run with a local gang, the family must finally come to terms with the past and its indelible mark on their futures. From a silk-producing village in rural China, up the corporate ladder in suburban America, and back again to the post-Maoist nouveaux riches of modern Shanghai, What We Were Promised explores the question of what we owe to our country, our families, and ourselves.
The Abridgment
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Medicare and Medicaid Frauds
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Long-Term Care
Publisher:
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Category : Medicaid fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Medicaid fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Oversight on Housing and Urban Development Programs, Chicago, Illinois
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Oversight on Housing and Urban Development Programs--Chicago, Illinois, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs ..., 93-1 ..., March 30 and 31, 1973
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Oversight on Housing and Urban Development Programs, Washington, D.C.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 1598
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 1598
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher:
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Publisher:
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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The American
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners
Author: United States. Board of Indian Commissioners
Publisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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