Polly is brash, brave and heartbreaking and her ferocity is marvelous to behold. “Lisa Ko has created one of the most courageous mother characters in recent memory. “There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko’s novel beautifully written, ambitious and moving, and all of that is true, but it’s more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading.” -Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth Watch the hardcover book tour video from 2017. Learn more about why Lisa wrote the novel. It has been published in Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Russian, and Hebrew. The Leavers was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction and the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an “all-American boy.” But far away from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mother’s disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind.Ī vivid and moving examination of borders and belonging, The Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he’s loved has been taken away-and how one woman learns to live with the mistakes of her past. Left with no one to care for him, eleven-year-old Deming is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. One morning, Deming Guo’s mother Polly goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. Book of the Month Club: May 2017 Selection.Christian Science Monitor, 30 Best Books of 2017.Poets & Writers, Best Debut Fiction 2017.Entertainment Weekly, Best Debut Novels of 2017.Huffington Post, Best Fiction Books of 2017.O, The Oprah Magazine, Our Favorite Books of 2017.Electric Literature, 25 Best Novels of 2017.Paste Magazine, 40 Best Novels of the 2010s.Irish Times, Best International Fiction 2017.
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