Episode 7: The Leavers by Lisa Ko, Belonging and Adoption

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Deming Guo hates waking up for school he likes watching TV and hanging out with his best friend Michael Born and bred in Manhattan the 11 year olds life takes a tumultuous turn when his mother Polly an undocumented Chinese immigrant doesnt come back from work one day Abandoned and alone he is adopted by a middleclass white American couple and Deming Guo becomes Daniel Wilkinson the all american boyDaniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mothers disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind in this heart wrenching story by Chinese American author Lisa Ko Follow us on instagram httpsbitly2IZWIN6Follow us on twitter httpsbitly2EIpXPaFollow us on goodreads httpsbitly2LBIlOT