The real talent in the family’” whose “beauty glowed from within, whereas I wasĬonvinced herself that Sylvie lived “a glamorous life in Europe” even though Sylvie as “’So talented, so amazing’”, Sylvie describes Amy as “’the one with And me, I am only a shadow, an afterthought, One, but in our family, both of those qualities belong to my sister.
Each suffers from low self-esteem and thinks the other sibling isĬomments, “Often there’s a dichotomy between the beautiful sister and the smart We are the ultimate unreliable narrators.” These statements prove to be true when it comesĬloseness, they don’t really know each other. No matter how close it has been to one’s own.” Later there is an observation that, “In love and life, we never know 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.At the very beginning, there is a quote from Willa Cather: “’The heart of another is a dark forest, always, secrets that will reveal more about Amy’s complicated family-and herself-than she ever could have imagined.Ī 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. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets. But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the truth. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.īut what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. 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. 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.Īmy, 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. 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 WaterĪ 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. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times
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