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Address: Pittsburgh, PA

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Smithfield Critics Book Discussion Group

Jul 18, 2018 - Jul 18, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Carnegie Library – Downtown & Business
612 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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The Leavers by Lisa Ko

One morning, Deming’s mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well-meaning white professors, Deming is moved from the Bronx to a small town upstate and renamed Daniel Wilkinson. Far from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents’ desire that he assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he left behind.