Deming and his mother walked up Jerome Avenue. Michael, who never got detention, had left after eighth period, and Deming wanted to get back home with him, in front of the television, where, in the safety of a laugh track, he didn’t have to worry about letting anyone down. Teachers didn’t call your mom when you got detention, only gave a form you had to return with a signature, which he forged. Michael said you had to stay late to get help on an assignment.” Her eyes narrowed behind her glasses, and he couldn’t tell if she bought it or not. “Did you get off work early?” It was four thirty, already dark, but she didn’t usually leave the nail salon until six. 33 as she zipped his coat so hard the collar pinched. “What are you waiting for, Kid? It’s cold out.” A navy blue hat sat low on her forehead, scarf around her neck like a big brown snake. The day before Deming Guo saw his mother for the last time, she surprised him at school. Find more great reads on the Here & Now bookshelfĮditor's Note: The excerpt below contains some explicit language.Ko ( Here & Now's Robin Young to talk about the book, which won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Guo is eventually adopted by a well-to-do white couple, but struggles with their expectations that he fit into their world. illegally, disappears when he's 11 years old. Lisa Ko's debut novel " The Leavers" tells the story of Deming Guo, whose mother Polly, an immigrant from China living in the U.S. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 6 years old.
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