Ebook {Epub PDF} A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua

 · A Review of A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua. A River of Stars follows Chinese factory department head, Scarlett Chen, on her harrowing journey as an undocumented immigrant in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Scarlett falls for her married supervisor, and becomes pregnant during their affair. As the father of three daughters, Boss Yueng is delighted to find out Scarlett is having a boy, Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. A River of Stars is a vivid examination of home and belonging and a moving portrayal of a woman determined to build her own future. Praise for A River of Stars. "Vanessa Hua's story spins with wild fervor, with charming protagonists fiercely motivated by maternal and survival instincts." --USA Today.5/5. A River of Stars. " A River of Stars splits 'the Chinese immigrant story' into a kaleidoscopic spectrum, putting human faces to the many groups—rich and poor, privileged and marginalized, documented and not—who come to America. Vanessa Hua’s debut is an utterly absorbing novel about the ruthless love of parenthood and the universal truth that sometimes family runs deeper than blood alone.

Vanessa Hua is author of DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES, winner of the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature and a finalist for the California Book Award, A RIVER OF STARS, a national bestseller and best books pick by NPR and the Washington Post. A River of Stars. By Vanessa Hua. (Ballantine; pages; $27) Chelsea Leu. Chelsea Leu Chelsea Leu has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books and the Rumpus, among other publications. A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua. There are four fundamental characters in A River of Stars: Scarlett, Daisy, Boss Yeung, and Mama Fang. Chapters randomly alternate perspective allowing each of these characters to tell their side of the story. It humanizes each of them, and shows their motivations, misunderstandings, feelings, and more.

Even though, A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua is a novel, it is very much grounded in reality for millions of men, women, and children living in fear and unknowns here in the U.S. and around the world. Scarlett is a 37 year old Chinese woman who arrives in the United States to give birth to her bosses baby. Vanessa Hua’s novel A RIVER OF STARS is an eyes wide open look at why people long to come to America to realize their dreams. Dreams for better opportunities, jobs, education, freedom, everything. Undocumented characters experience, just as they do in real time, the saddest excuse for what Lady Liberty promised. They are not able to breathe free. A Review of A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua. A River of Stars follows Chinese factory department head, Scarlett Chen, on her harrowing journey as an undocumented immigrant in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Scarlett falls for her married supervisor, and becomes pregnant during their affair. As the father of three daughters, Boss Yueng is delighted to find out Scarlett is having a boy, and to keep her safe from his family, he sends her to a secret home for pregnant Chinese women in Los Angeles.