The Expatriates

By Janice Y. K. Lee, Janice Y K Lee

Subjects: Self-realization in women, Women, Fiction, women, Large type books, FICTION / Literary, Contemporary Women, FICTION, Literary, Asian Americans, Fiction, family life, Aliens, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Americans, Married women, Married people, fiction, Hong kong (china), fiction, FICTION / Contemporary Women, Friendship

Description: Three very different American women livie in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage. Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her maternal identity in the wake of a shattering loss. Their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all.