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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. In the glut of books about 20-something women trying to find themselves, Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie stands slightly above the crowd. As usual with many of these books, Kathleen Cheung finds herself moving back into her mother’s house after getting dumped by her boyfriend and leaving her Ph.D program. Xie adds some interesting twists, though, as Kathleen’s mom — a recovered alcoholic — is planning her wedding to a wealthy man, and presses Kathleen into assisting. Kathleen also finds herself working at a Cuddle Clinic, hanging out with her high school friends as she tries to figure out her life. The story ends rather abruptly, and certain plot points feel very forced, but overall not a bad story for readers who enjoy this genre. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE ??There is so much heart in these pages, so much wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit, from beginning to end.? ?? Weike Wang, author of Joan is Okay Holding Pattern. Noun. 1. A state of suspended progress. 2. The awkward way your mother tries to hug you now that you live with her. Again. Kathleen Cheng has blown up her life. She??s gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now she??s back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering what??s next. To her surprise, her mother isn??t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought she??d be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hers??to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur. Grasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships??especially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult? As they peel back the layers of their history??the old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affection??they must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they??ve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, Holding Pattern is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Enjoyed this tenderly told story about a mother-daughter relationship troubled by each woman's reluctance to communicate their vulnerabilities in part to protect the other. interesting characters with unique problems that are nonetheless relatable. ( )