280 pages ;22 cm
"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.
1.Chinese Americans--Fiction.2.Chinese--United States--Fiction.3.Immigrants--United States--Fiction.4.Interpersonal relations--Fiction.5.Mothers and daughters--Fiction.6.Weddings--Fiction.Dynamic Details