| International Standard Book Number |
9798217094615 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9798217377565 (international edition)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9798217094608 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Keller, Sophie Chen, 1988- author.
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| Title Statement |
Little wonder : a novel / Sophie Chen Keller.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Thousand Voices x Ballantine Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
338 pages ; 25 cm.
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| General Note |
"Oprah's book club 2026"--Dust jacket.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Song is a nobody -- just a food delivery worker from a village in Northeastern China--but her son, River, is a little wonder. At the age of four, he toddled to a piano and tapped out his favorite song. At eight, he mastered Liszt's three Liebestraume; at ten, he blazed through the complete set of Chopin's etudes. And at every step, through the valleys of loss, illness, and poverty, Song is there to light his way -- until finally, at the age of eleven, River is invited to study with a preeminent teacher in Beijing. But in the chaos of Beijing Railway Station on the busiest day of the year, Song faces every mother's nightmare: she loses her grip on River's little hand and is unable to find him after a desperate, harrowing search. Over the next days, weeks, and eventually, years, Song and River fight to forge a path back to each other as they carve out new lives that carry them farther apart. An evocative exploration of a mother's love and a son's yearning, Little Wonder takes us on an extraordinary journey through a modern Beijing that pulses with the music of humanity and its impossible -- and impossibly brave -- hopes. As every musician knows: You start in one key. You wander to other keys, strange and distant places. But in the end, you always come back home"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Oprah's book club.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Missing children Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pianists Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Love, Maternal Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mother and child China Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Gifted children China Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Music China Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Child musicians Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Beijing (China) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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