Bøger af Anna Quon

Joan is on the brink. Cough drop addict, school bus driver, mixed race daughter of a Maoist English father and Chinese-Canadian mother, Joan struggles for meaning after a friend's death reveals a secret life. Migration Songs is a lost letter from your past, an intimate experience full of humour and grace."A strong debut from a new hopeful voice."--The Coast"Quon writes with a great deal of humour, and she spins a good yarn."--Quill & Quire

Lyrical realism meets family drama meets sparkling global folktale.Joan, a half-Chinese English conversation teacher unmoored in Europe, flees Budapest for a fresh start. Stepping off the train in Bratislava, she meets Milan, a proud Roma teenager, and they strike up a friendship. Milan helps Joan settle into the city, and in turn, Joan introduces him to Adriana, who has traveled to lay the memory of her dead mother to rest. They form an unlikely trio, bound by love and luck into something like family.At the crossroads of the power of youthful hope and the startling magic of coincidence,Where the Silver River Endsdelves deep into mixed-race identity, systemic oppression, family reconciliation, and what happens when we gather the courage to slip out of the current and make our own way in the world.