- Title:
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Number One Chinese Restaurant (MP3)
- Written by:
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Lillian Li
- Read by:
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Nancy Wu
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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11 hours 52 minutes
- MP3 size:
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490 MB
- Published:
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August 01 2020
- Available Date:
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August 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655683391
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Debut novel
The popular Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, has been serving devoted regulars for decades, but behind the staff's professional smiles simmer tensions, heartaches and grudges from decades of bustling restaurant life.
The popular Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, has been serving devoted regulars for decades, but behind the staff's professional smiles simmer tensions, heartaches and grudges from decades of bustling restaurant life.
Owner Jimmy Han has ambitions for a new high-end fusion place, hoping to eclipse his late father's homely establishment. Jimmy's older brother, Johnny, is more concerned with restoring the dignity of the family name than his faltering relationship with his own teenage daughter, Annie. Nan and Ah-Jack, longtime Duck House employees, yearn to turn their 30-year friendship into something more, while Nan's son, Pat, struggles to stay out of trouble.
When disaster strikes and Pat and Annie find themselves in a dangerous game that means tragedy for the Duck House, their families must finally confront the conflicts and loyalties simmering beneath the red and gold lanterns.
'A freshly written, punchily flavoured and richly realised tale of intergenerational family strife.'
Sunday Times
'Captivating ... full of sensual imagery ... colourful and unforced ... a debut novel whose lessons can be savoured.'
Irish Times
'Prose as peppery as the Szechuan lamb chops and situations as sticky as the carpets.'
Vogue
'Evoking every detail of [this restaurant] with riveting verisimilitude ... Li's sense of the human comedy and of the aspirations burning in each human heart puts a philosophical spin on the losses of her characters ... A writer to watch.'
Kirkus Reviews