Lin Chia - Chia
The Unpassing
The Unpassing
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Description: A major US debut novel in 2019 Shortlisted for the Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice In Chia - Chia Lin's piercing debut novel The Unpassing we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage Alaska. The father hardworking but beaten down is employed as a plumber and contractor while the loving strong - willed unpredictably emotional mother holds the house together. When ten - year - old Gavin contracts meningitis at school he falls into a deep nearly fatal coma. He wakes a week later to learn that his younger sister Ruby was infected too. She did not survive. Routine takes over for the grieving family with the siblings caring for one another as they befriend the neighbouring children and explore the surrounding woods while distance grows between the parents as each deals with the loss alone. When the father increasingly guilt - ridden after Ruby's death is sued over an improperly installed water well that gravely harms a little boy the chaos that follows unearths what really happened to Ruby. With flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness Chia - Chia Lin explores the fallout from the loss of a child and a family's anguish playing out in a place that doesn't yet feel like home. Emotionally raw and subtly suspenseful The Unpassing is a deeply felt family saga that dismisses the myth of the American dream for a harsher but ultimately profound reality. A singularly vast and captivating novel beautifully written in free - flowing prose that quietly disarms with its intermittent moments of poetic idiosyncrasy New York Times Book Review A striking debut by an unforgettable new voice Cosmopolitan
Title: The Unpassing
Author(s): Lin Chia - Chia
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9780349013473
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: A major US debut novel in 2019 Shortlisted for the Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice In Chia - Chia Lin's piercing debut novel The Unpassing we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage Alaska. The father hardworking but beaten down is employed as a plumber and contractor while the loving strong - willed unpredictably emotional mother holds the house together. When ten - year - old Gavin contracts meningitis at school he falls into a deep nearly fatal coma. He wakes a week later to learn that his younger sister Ruby was infected too. She did not survive. Routine takes over for the grieving family with the siblings caring for one another as they befriend the neighbouring children and explore the surrounding woods while distance grows between the parents as each deals with the loss alone. When the father increasingly guilt - ridden after Ruby's death is sued over an improperly installed water well that gravely harms a little boy the chaos that follows unearths what really happened to Ruby. With flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness Chia - Chia Lin explores the fallout from the loss of a child and a family's anguish playing out in a place that doesn't yet feel like home. Emotionally raw and subtly suspenseful The Unpassing is a deeply felt family saga that dismisses the myth of the American dream for a harsher but ultimately profound reality. A singularly vast and captivating novel beautifully written in free - flowing prose that quietly disarms with its intermittent moments of poetic idiosyncrasy New York Times Book Review A striking debut by an unforgettable new voice Cosmopolitan
Title: The Unpassing
Author(s): Lin Chia - Chia
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9780349013473
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2020
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
