Homeseeking: A GMA Book Club Pick

De: Karissa Chen

Narrado por: Katharine Chin, Kenneth Lee

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

“Sweeping and epic…An impactful love story, told against the backdrop of historical events…One of the best debut novels of this century.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Like any tried-and-true epic (think “Pachinko” or “The Joy Luck Club”… Homeseeking is just a genuine pleasure to read.”—San Francisco Chronicle

A single choice can define an entire life.

Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back.

Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.

Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen’s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi’s from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives. Throughout, Haiwen holds his memories close while Suchi forces herself to look only forward, neither losing sight of the home they hold in their hearts.

At once epic and intimate, Homeseeking is a story of family, sacrifice, and loyalty, and of the power of love to endure beyond distance, beyond time.



* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains notes from the book.

Beautiful

Beautiful story amazing narration my favorite book this year ! If you enjoy a wonderful historical novel with excellent characters and gifted writing you will love this

Great Book!

Enjoyed this historical fiction book about the Cultural Revolution. Excellent readers! I learned a lot about life at that time.

Poignant

This book was the very definition of poignant. It's a great story that crosses oceans, time zones and, lives. It's a great read.

Wonderful character development an incredibly detailed history

I enjoyed all of it! It was a beautiful novel filled with both tragedy and hope!

Surprisingly good

I only read this bec i had to for school but it was pretty good. i like the narrator a lot