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02208aam a22003498i 4500 001 61BD6B907D3B11EE9BA621765EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231107010036 008 230307s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023009537 020 $a 0063304023 020 $a 9780063304024 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR9619.4.L446 $b O85 2023 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23/eng/20230307 100 1 $a Leav, Lang, $e author. 245 10 $a Others were emeralds : $b a novel / $c Lang Leav. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2309. 264 1 $a New York City : $b Harper Perennial, $c 2023. 300 $a 274 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war-torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now the late 90's and despite their parent's harrowing past, Ai and her tightknit group of school friends: charismatic Brigitte, sweet, endearing Bowie, shy, inscrutable Tin, and politically minded Sying, lead seemingly ordinary lives, far removed from the unimaginable horrors suffered by their parents. But that carefree innocence is shattered in their last year of school when Ai and her friends encounter a pair of racist men whose cruel acts of intimidation spiral into senseless violence. Grappling with the magnitude of her grief at such a young age, Ai leaves Whitlam for college before her trauma has a chance to fully resolve. In her second year of college Ai suffers a mental health crisis, driving her back home to Whitlam, a place she swore never to return. There, she reconnects with those she left behind and together they are compelled to look back on the tragedy that shaped their adolescence and examine the role they may have unwittingly played"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Refugees $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Racism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Bildungsromans. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Social problem fiction. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20231107011041.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=61BD6B907D3B11EE9BA621765EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search