An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick & Emma Roberts
Belletrist Book Club Pick!
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times - Time -
Marie Claire - Elle - Buzzfeed - Huffington Post
- Good Housekeeping - The Week - Goodreads - New York
Post - and many more!
"Powerful . . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family
secrets." -- Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling
author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water
**A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties
binding three women--two sisters and their mother--in one Chinese
immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter
disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York
Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation
**
It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful
older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final
visit with her dying grandmother--and then vanishes.
Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a
time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie.
Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway,
foreign place, and didn't rejoin her family in America until age nine.
Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and
fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.
But what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and
desperate for answers. Sylvie has always looked out for them. Now, it's
Amy's turn to help. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister's
movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. But instead of
simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the truth.
Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will
reveal more about Amy's complicated family--and herself--than she ever
could have imagined.
A deeply moving story of family, secrets, identity, and longing,
Searching for Sylvie Lee is both a gripping page-turner and a
sensitive portrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration
of the many ways culture and language can divide us and the
impossibility of ever truly knowing someone--especially those we love.
"This is a true beach read! You can't put it down!" - Jenna Bush
Hager, Today Show Book Club Pick
