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02714aim a2200337 a 4500 001 581A7EBC955011E880A98A5497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180801010031 008 180727s2018 nyu 000 f eng d 020 $a 1549144685 020 $a 9781549144684 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Tan, Lucy, 245 10 $a What we were promised $h [recorded book] $c Lucy Tan. 250 $a CD Unabridged. 264 1 $a New York : $b Little, Brown and Company, $c c2018 300 $a 9 sound discs (ca. 11 hrs.) $b digital $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Unabridged. 511 $a "Read by Jennifer Lim." 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Families $z China $v Fiction 650 $a Recorded books 651 0 $a Shanghai (China) $v Fiction 655 7 $a Domestic fiction $2 lcgft 700 $a Lim, Jennifer $e narr. 941 $a 3 945 $a cda 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121713.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180905014525.0 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20180801013056.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=581A7EBC955011E880A98A5497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search