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Take Me Home (2010)

by Brian Leung(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

006176907X (ISBN13: 9780061769078)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Harper

review 1: I received this book as part of the First Reads program. If I could give this three and a half stars, I would. It was written well, had good flow and character development, and was descriptive. A couple of things were a little predictable, but that's okay. My main reason for not giving it four stars is because in the last six months I also read "My Antonia" (Willa Cather) and "Thousand Pieces of Gold" (RuthAnne Lum McCunn) and I felt that this book was a combination of the two in many ways. Person moves west to be with family, meets immigrant, becomes friends with immigrant (My Antonia). Person moves from China to America, from San Francisco goes east, meets one white person that isn't cruel (Thousand Pieces of Gold). Where this book is different is that there isn't... more a happy ending and it doesn't really work out in the end.
review 2: I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I was not previously familiar with the author Brian Leung, but I enjoyed his use of language. The story shares an insightful perspective about the tensions between the Chinese people and others who worked on the Union Pacific railroad before the turn of the century. The mines were dangerous enough on their own. Throwing in racial violence into the mix made for a dicey situation. I loved his 2 main characters, Addie and Wing. I'm interested in looking into other things that he's written. less

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