Searching for Sylvie Lee

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An Instant NewYork Times Bestseller!A Read with Jenna Today ShowBook Club Pick & Emma Roberts Belletrist Book Club Pick! NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times - Time - Marie Claire - Elle - Buzzfeed - HuffingtonPost - Good Housekeeping - The Week - Goodreads - New YorkPost - and many more!"Powerful. . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets." -- Paula Hawkins, #1 New YorkTimes bestselling author of The Girlon the Train and Intothe WaterA poignant and suspenseful dramathat untangles the complicated ties binding three women--two sisters and theirmother--in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when theeldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times bestsellingauthor of Girl inTranslation It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful olderdaughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit withher dying grandmother--and then vanishes.Amy, the sheltered baby of theLee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newlyimmigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised bya distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn't rejoin her family inAmerica until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.But what happened to Sylvie? Amyand her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has alwayslooked out for them. Now, it's Amy's turn to help. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister's movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen.But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: thetruth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that willreveal more about Amy's complicated family--and herself--than she ever could haveimagined.A deeply moving story of family, secrets, identity, and longing, Searchingfor Sylvie Lee is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitiveportrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration of the manyways culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of evertruly knowing someone--especially those we love. "This is a true beach read! You can't put it down!" - Jenna BushHager, Today Show BookClub Pick