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Across a Green Ocean By Wendy Lee Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781617734878
Availability: Available in our warehouse. Ships in 2 - 3 Days
Published: Kensington - January 27th, 2015

I am always amazed when I choose a book because of its cover. This was at least part of the reason why I picked up Across a Green Ocean by Wendy Lee. Someone in Marketing was on the ball. I couldn’t have NOT picked up the book. Go ahead look it up now – I’ll wait.

Now that you’ve seen what I mean about a gorgeous cover let’s take a look at the inside of the novel. For me, all the twists and writing wizardry don’t matter if I have no desire to know the characters. Lee reels us in from the first page when she introduces us to Ling – mother of Emily and Michael.

Emily and Michael have had the blessings of living in America – their parents, Ling and Han are from Taiwan and China. Both children admittedly do not understand their parents or their culture. The novel opens almost a year after Han has died. Ling is getting along, but misses her husband. Emily and Michael are on their own with varying degrees of success. Emily is an immigration lawyer and Michael is in between jobs. Emily lives with her husband, Julian (stay-at-home husband) in the suburbs. A case at Emily’s office makes her think twice about the life she’s chosen. At the same time, Michael decides to put his life on hold until he can find out what a letter means that he found in his father’s belongings. Michael takes off for China and finally begins to realize why his father acted the way he did toward him. In the meantime, Ling comes to grips with her loss and finally takes a chance in life.

Across a Green Ocean is an exquisite journey of the past, present, across the ocean and right here. Lee takes us easily through experiences that could happen to us all. She does it with a grace and ease of language that will leave you wanting more.