Searching for Sylvie Lee

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2019 BY Marie Claire ΓÇó Nylon ΓÇó Huffington Post ΓÇó CrimeReads ΓÇó Bookbub ΓÇó Book Riot ΓÇó Debutante Ball ΓÇ£Like all most compelling mysteries,Jean KwokΓÇÖs Searching for Sylvie Lee has a powerful emotional drama at its heart. A twisting tale of loveloss and dark family secrets.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇö 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 womenΓÇötwo sisters and their motherΓÇöin one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappearsand a series of family secrets emergefrom the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation It begins with a mystery. Sylviethe beautifulbrilliantsuccessful older daughter of the Lee familyflies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmotherΓÇöand then vanishes. Amythe sheltered baby of the Lee familyis too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years olderSylvie was raised by a distant relative in a farawayforeign placeand didnΓÇÖt rejoin her family in America until age nine. Timid and shyAmy has always looked up to her sisterthe 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. NowitΓÇÖs AmyΓÇÖs turn to help. Terrified yet determinedAmy retraces her sisterΓÇÖs movementsflying to the last place Sylvie was seen. But instead of simple answersshe discovers something much more valuable: the truth. Sylviethe golden girlkept painful secrets . . . secrets that will reveal more about AmyΓÇÖs complicated familyΓÇöand herselfΓÇöthan she ever could have imagined. A deeply moving story of familysecretsidentityand longingSearching 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 someoneΓÇöespecially those we love.