Searching for Sylvie Lee
About the Book
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A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick & Emma Roberts Belletrist Book Club Pick!
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times • Time • Marie Claire • Elle • Buzzfeed • Huffington Post Post •
“Powerful . . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets.” — Paula Hawkins, #1 Times on the Train the Water
A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women—two sisters and their mother—in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation
It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older
daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with
her dying grandmother—and then vanishes.
Amy, the sheltered baby of the
Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly
immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by
a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn’t rejoin her family in
America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister,
the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.
But what happened to Sylvie? Amy
and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always
looked out for them. Now, it’s Amy’s turn to help. Terrified yet determined,
Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen.
But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the
truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will
reveal more about Amy’s complicated family—and herself—than she ever could have
imagined.
A deeply moving story of family,
secrets, identity, and longing, Searching for Sylvie Lee
portrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration of the many
ways culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of ever
truly knowing someone—especially those we love.
“This is a true beach read! You can’t put it down!” – Jenna Bush Hager, Club Pick
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About the Book
An Instant New York Times
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick & Emma Roberts Belletrist Book Club Pick!
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times • Time • Marie Claire • Elle • Buzzfeed • Huffington Post Post •
“Powerful . . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets.” — Paula Hawkins, #1 Times on the Train the Water
A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women—two sisters and their mother—in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation
It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older
daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with
her dying grandmother—and then vanishes.
Amy, the sheltered baby of the
Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly
immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by
a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn’t rejoin her family in
America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister,
the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.
But what happened to Sylvie? Amy
and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always
looked out for them. Now, it’s Amy’s turn to help. Terrified yet determined,
Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen.
But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the
truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will
reveal more about Amy’s complicated family—and herself—than she ever could have
imagined.
A deeply moving story of family,
secrets, identity, and longing, Searching for Sylvie Lee
portrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration of the many
ways culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of ever
truly knowing someone—especially those we love.
“This is a true beach read! You can’t put it down!” – Jenna Bush Hager, Club Pick