A River Of Stars Vanessa Hua by Vanessa Hua 9780399178788, 9780399178801, 0399178783, 0399178805 instant download after payment.

• In a powerful debut about modern-day motherhood, immigration, & identity, a pregnant Chinese woman stakes a claim to the American dream in California.

“Utterly absorbing.”—Celeste Ng 

• “A marvel of a first novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine 

• “The most eye-opening literary adventure of the year.”—Entertainment Weekly

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • Real Simple

Holed up with other mothers-to-be in a secret maternity home in Los Angeles, Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, where she worked in a factory & fell in love with the married owner, Boss Yeung. Now she’s carrying his baby. To ensure that his child—his first son—has every advantage, Boss Yeung has shipped Scarlett off to give birth on American soil. As Scarlett awaits the baby’s arrival, she spars with her imperious housemates. The only one who fits in even less is Daisy, a spirited, pregnant teenager who is being kept apart from her American boyfriend.

Then a new sonogram of Scarlett’s baby reveals the unexpected. Panicked, she goes on the run by hijacking a van—only to discover that she has a stowaway: Daisy, who intends to track down the father of her child. The two flee to San Francisco’s bustling Chinatown, where Scarlett will join countless immigrants desperately trying to seize their piece of the American dream. What Scarlett doesn’t know is that her baby’s father is not far behind her.

A River of Stars is a vivid examination of home & belonging & a moving portrayal of a woman determined to build her own future.

Vanessa Hua is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle & the author of a short story collection, Deceit & Other Possibilities. For two decades, she has been writing, in journalism & fiction, about Asia&nbsp