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    "description": "<b>\"Raise a glass: The first great book-club novel of 2016 has arrived.&rdquo;&#160;<i><i>&mdash;</i>USA Today,</i>&#160;4/4 stars<br><br>&ldquo;A female, funny Henry James in Asia, Janice Y. K. Lee is vividly good on the subject of Americans abroad.&rdquo;&#160;<i><b><i>&mdash;The New York Times Book Review<br></i></b><br> </i><b>&ldquo;<i>Sex and the City</i> meets <i>Lost in Translation</i>.&rdquo; &mdash;The Skimm</b><i><br></i></b><br> Janice Y. K. Lee&rsquo;s <i>New York Times </i>bestselling debut,&#160;<i>The Piano Teacher</i>,&#160;was called &ldquo;immensely satisfying&rdquo; by <i>People,</i> &ldquo;intensely readable&rdquo; by <i>O, The Oprah Magazine,</i> and &ldquo;a rare and exquisite story&rdquo; by Elizabeth Gilbert. Now, in her long-awaited new novel, Lee explores with devastating poignancy the emotions, identities, and relationships of three very different American women living in the same small expat community in Hong Kong.<br><br> Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage. Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her maternal identity in the wake of a shattering loss. As each woman struggles with her own demons, their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all. Atmospheric, moving, and utterly compelling, <i>The Expatriates</i> confirms Lee as an exceptional talent and one of our keenest observers of women&rsquo;s inner lives.",
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