The Phoenix Pencil Company : a novel
King, Allison2025
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Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-confessed recluse, she finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. Now in their nineties, Monica worries about them - especially her grandmother Yun whose memory has begun to fade. Monica has become intent on tracking down the long-lost cousin Meng that her grandmother was separated from back in China before it's too late. In her search, Monica connects with a young woman archivist who presents her with a single pencil that holds a clue to a hidden family history. Through it Monica comes to learn of her grandmother's years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company.
Main title:
The Phoenix Pencil Company : a novel / Allison King.
Author:
King, Allison, author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2025.
Collation:
368 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008700843 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6AF
LC class:
PS3611.I57135
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4216744
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