Homebase

by Shawn Wong

Paper Book, 1991

Status

Available

Publication

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Plume, 1991.

Description

Homebase is the coming of age story of Rainsford Chan in 1950s and '60s California. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great-grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Moving through time and place, the story allows the reader to discover the past as Rainsford does, to see the world through his eyes, and to learn the truth about the Chinese American experience.

User reviews

LibraryThing member susandennis
This is a beautifully written book. He has a new one (American Knees) that I can't wait to read.

Awards

Washington State Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 1980)

Language

Barcode

7102
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