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A Cab Called Reliable
A Novel
Author: Patti Kim
A Cab Called Reliable
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
An extraordinary debut and exciting new voice in multicultural fiction, Patti Kim's A Cab Called Reliable
Winner of the Towson University Prize for Literature
Nominated for the Book-of-the-Month Club's Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction
Ahn Joo Cho emigrated with her family from Korea to Virginia at the age of seven. Two years later, a cab called 'Reliable' took away her mother and her infant brother forever.
Grade by grade in school, Ahn Joo comes of age within an alien society, excelling at creative writing as her home life with her old-fashioned father deteriorates. Language heals her, and saves her. As Ahn Joo enters womanhood, a heart-breaking secret finally sets her free to create her own heritage.
This widely celebrated debut novel approaches growing up in America—whether as an immigrant or a native—from an honest, refreshingly authentic perspective.
Imprint Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN
9781466885936
In The News
“Elegantly and humorously told...precise and assured storytelling.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Rarely does a debut novel make a reader hunger for the author's next book, but anticipation is precisely what one feels after reading A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim...It is the story of one young woman's attempt to span the breach between what is and what ought to be.” —The New York Times Book Review
“An obvious literary prodigy...remarkably accomplished.” —USA Today
“Affecting...memorable and moving.” —Kirkus Reviews