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After the untimely death of his mother, young Louis Lum, a fact-checker at a hot rod magazine, decides to leave his California home and go to Hong Kong to find a long-lost uncle and, with any luck, the roots of his family.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chieng, Chieh (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury : 2005.
Subjects:
Chinese American families > Fiction.
Americans > China > Hong Kong > Fiction.
Orange County (Calif.) > Fiction.
Hong Kong (China) > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Young men > Fiction.
Familles américaines d'origine chinoise > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Personnes disparues > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Jeunes hommes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Americans
Chinese American families
Missing persons
Mothers > Death
Young men
California > Orange County
China > Hong Kong
Americans > Fiction.
Mothers > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Bildungsromans
Domestic fiction
Fiction
Dust jackets > 21st century.
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Summary:After the untimely death of his mother, young Louis Lum, a fact-checker at a hot rod magazine, decides to leave his California home and go to Hong Kong to find a long-lost uncle and, with any luck, the roots of his family.
Physical Description:viii, 246 pages ; 22 cm
Awards:Asian American Studies Book Award--Poetry/Prose, 2007.
ISBN:9781582345338
1582345333