THE LEAVERS

Sensational GuardianUtterly Immersive Daily MailThere Was A Time I Would Have Called Lisa KoS Novel Beautifully Written, Ambitious And Moving, And All Of That Is True, But ItS More Than That Now: If You Want To Understand A Forgotten And Essential Part Of The World We Live In, The Leavers Is Required Reading Ann Patchett, Author Of Commonwealthone Morning, Deming GuoS Mother, Polly, An Undocumented Chinese Immigrant, Goes To Her Job At A Nail Salon And Never Comes Home. No One Can Find Any Trace Of Her.With His Mother Gone, ElevenYearOld Deming Is Left Mystified And Bereft. Eventually Adopted By A Pair Of WellMeaning White Professors, Deming Is Moved From The Bronx To A Small Town Upstate And Renamed Daniel Wilkinson.But Far From All HeS Ever Known, Daniel Struggles To Reconcile His Adoptive Parents Desire That He Assimilate With His Memories Of His Mother And The Community He Left Behind.Set In New York And China, The Leavers Is A Vivid Examination Of Borders And Belonging. ItS A Moving Story Of How A Boy Comes Into His Own When Everything He Loves Is Taken Away, And How A Mother Learns To Live With The Mistakes Of The Past.As Relevant As Ever As The Future Of Immigrants In America Hangs In The Balance TimeA Rich, Multifaceted Portrait Of Displacement And The Trauma Of Not Belonging IndependentOne Of The Most Engaging, Deeply Probing, And Beautiful Books I Have Read This Year Laila Lalami, Author Of The MoorS AccountInstantly Compelling StylistA MustRead Marie Clairefinalist For The National Book Award For Fiction 2017Winner Of The 2016 Pen/Bellwether Prize For Fictionnamed One Of The Best Books Of 2017 By Oprah, Npr, Buzzfeed And Huffington Post