num_pages: 208
description: In this profoundly moving novel, Fae Myenne Ng takes readers into the hidden heart of San Francisco's Chinatown, to a world of family secrets, hidden shames, and the lost bones of a "paper father." It is a world in which two generations of the Leong family live in an uneasy tension as they try to fathom the source of the middle daughter Ona's sorrow. Fae Myenne Ng's portraits of the everyday heroism of the Leongs--who inflict deep hurt on each other in their struggles to survive, yet sustain one another with loyalty and love--have made Bone one of the most critically acclaimed novels of recent years and immediately a classic of contemporary American life.
language: English
title: Bone
titlecomplete: Bone
genres: American, Asian Literature, College, Adult, Novels, Read For School, School, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 2730
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
publisher: HarpPeren