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A Cab Called Reliable: A Novel
A Cab Called Reliable A Novel
Author: Patti Kim
ISBN-13: 9780312154899
ISBN-10: 0312154895
Publication Date: 7/1997
Pages: 156
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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vprosser avatar reviewed A Cab Called Reliable: A Novel on + 161 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Patti Kim's fiction spins to life from the stories handed down by her parents about their native Korea.
Ahn Joo Cho had emigrated with her family to Virginia when she was seven. Two years later, a cab called Reliable takes away her mother and her infant brother forever.
Grade by grade in school, Ahn Joo matures within an alien society, excelling at creative writing as her home life with her old-fashioned father deteriorates. Language heals her, saves her.
As Ahn Joo enters womanhood, a heart-breaking secret finally sets her free to create her own heritage.
reviewed A Cab Called Reliable: A Novel on + 14 more book reviews
Kim is an amazing writer, but the book was just too depressing.
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wonderful