Title: Preparation for the Next Life
Description: Zou Lei, a Chinese Muslim of the Uighur tribe, enters the U.S. via Mexico, and makes her way to New York City. Keeping a low profile and employed in a restaurant, she meets Skinner, a veteran of the Iraqi war, who's afflicted with PTSD.
Subjects: Illegal aliens, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Man-woman relationships, Veterans, Fiction, Chinese, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Chinese americans, fiction, New York Times reviewed, General, Amerikanisches Englisch, Roman, FICTION / General
Places: United States