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Holding pattern / Jenny Xie.
"Holding Pattern is a novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we can learn to hold each other. At 28, Kathleen Cheng returns home to live with her single mother, Marissa, an immigrant from China. Her mother, to Katheen's surprise, is in love, and Kathleen helps her mother plan her wedding to a tech entrepreneur. Kathleen takes a job working for an unusual start-up, and as mother and daughter peel back the layers of their history, they come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they've done to hold each other back"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593539705 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 280 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
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| Subject: | Chinese Americans > Fiction. Chinese > United States > Fiction. Immigrants > United States > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Weddings > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Xie | 31681010328680 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Searching for direction after a humiliating breakup, a young woman returns to her Oakland home and finds herself planning her own motherâs wedding to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur. - Baker & Taylor
"Holding Pattern is a novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we can learn to hold each other. At 28, Kathleen Cheng returns home to live with her single mother, Marissa, an immigrant from China. Her mother, to Katheen's surprise, is in love, and Kathleen helps her mother plan her wedding to a tech entrepreneur. Kathleen takes a job working for an unusual start-up, and as mother and daughter peel back the layers of their history, they come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they've done to hold each other back"-- - Penguin Putnam
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, VOGUE, VULTURE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE
A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE
"Exquisite and wise." â New York Times
âThere is so much heart in these pages, so much wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit, from beginning to end.â â Weike Wang, author of Joan is Okay
Kathleen Cheng has blown up her life. Sheâs gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now sheâs back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering whatâs next.
To her surprise, her mother isnât the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought sheâd be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hersâto a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur.
Grasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationshipsâespecially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult?
As they peel back the layers of their historyâthe old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affectionâthey must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what theyâve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, Holding Pattern is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other.
