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In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother.

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Nancy Kim brings a light, lyrical touch to this engaging tale of self-fulfilling prophecies and intergenerational conflict among partly assimilated Asian-Americans. * Boston Herald *
A true gem. * Tampa Tribune *
Combines the immigrant experience and suspense. * San Jose Mercury News *
Tradition and superstition clash with contemporary American culture...Offers interesting insights into the power of a family legacy. * Kirkus *
Straightforward and spare * The New York Times *

Chinhominey's Secret: A Novel

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      Publisher: Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S.
      Publication Date: 15/12/2001
      ISBN13: 9781882593491, 978-1882593491
      ISBN10: 1882593499

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother.

      Trade Review
      Nancy Kim brings a light, lyrical touch to this engaging tale of self-fulfilling prophecies and intergenerational conflict among partly assimilated Asian-Americans. * Boston Herald *
      A true gem. * Tampa Tribune *
      Combines the immigrant experience and suspense. * San Jose Mercury News *
      Tradition and superstition clash with contemporary American culture...Offers interesting insights into the power of a family legacy. * Kirkus *
      Straightforward and spare * The New York Times *

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