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03848aam a2200721 i 4500 001 D3E9E282A1E211E8A852710F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180321s2018 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018009300 020 $a 0399178783 020 $a 9780399178788 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d DLC $d NjBwBT $d GCmBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3608.U2245 $b R58 2018 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 084 $a FIC019000 $a FIC019000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Hua, Vanessa $e author. 245 12 $a A river of stars : $b a novel / $c Vanessa Hua. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c 2018. 300 $a 292 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "In a powerful debut novel about motherhood, immigration, and identity, a pregnant Chinese woman makes her way to California and stakes a claim to the American dream. Holed up with other moms-to-be in a secret maternity home in Los Angeles, Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, where she worked in a factory job and fell in love with the owner, Boss Yeung. Now she's carrying his baby. Already married with three daughters, he's overjoyed because the doctors confirmed he will finally have the son he has always wanted. To ensure that his son has every advantage, he has shipped Scarlett off to give birth on American soil. U.S. citizenship will open doors for their little prince. As Scarlett awaits the baby's arrival, she chokes down bitter medicinal stews and spars with her imperious housemates. The only one who fits in even less is Daisy, a spirited teenager and fellow unwed mother who is being kept apart from her American boyfriend. Then a new sonogram of Scarlett's baby reveals the unexpected. Panicked, she escapes by hijacking a van--only to discover that she has a stowaway: Daisy, who intends to track down the father of her child. They flee to San Francisco's bustling Chinatown, where Scarlett will join countless immigrants desperately trying to seize their piece of the American dream. What Scarlett doesn't know is that her baby's father is not far behind her. -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Chinese women $z United States $v Fiction 650 0 $a Women immigrants $z United States $v Fiction 650 0 $a Pregnant women $z United States $v Fiction 650 0 $a Parenthood $v Fiction 655 7 $a Suspense fiction $2 gsafd 650 7 $a FICTION / Contemporary Women $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary $2 bisacsh 941 $a 30 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417014615.0 952 $l BEPA251 $d 20231028012404.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012024536.0 952 $l YKPE532 $d 20231005013627.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909051150.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728013339.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518022454.0 952 $l CVPA586 $d 20220405014122.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722055728.0 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20210204023558.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023926.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200619010038.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110074309.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20190417011125.0 952 $l DYPD423 $d 20190413012646.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20190222010912.0 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20190101010124.0 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20181225010432.0 952 $l FWPE284 $d 20181128011457.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20181016010534.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006120816.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20181002011927.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20180926012044.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20180926011243.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180907030933.0 952 $l NJPD993 $d 20180906034750.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20180906012905.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20180901010303.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20180831010434.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20180817010204.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D3E9E282A1E211E8A852710F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search