The leavers
Deportation
Fiction, cultural heritage
Chinese americans, fiction
Illegal aliens
Mothers and sons, fiction
Mothers and sons
Fiction, family life
Self-actualization (Psychology)
New York Times reviewed
Fiction
"One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the B…
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