Green Island: A Novel Binding:Paperback and a family of her

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and to a sovereign people at a moment of great historical importance

to our attachment to material possessions

Etaf Rum's debut novel is a must-read about women mustering up the bravery to follow their inner voice

A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world

Green Island: A Novel Binding:Paperback and a family of herBEST BOOK AWARD IN FICTION BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES A stunning, lyrical novel that tells "the story of how the Tsais, a Taiwanese family, survive the 'February 28 Incident' of 1947 and precariously navigate the decades that follow" (The New York Times). As an uprising rocks Taiwan, a young doctor in Taipei is taken from his newborn daughter by Chinese Nationalists, on charges of speaking out against the government. Although the