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GLORIOUS BOY

Aimee Liu

An epic tale of a family caught in a clash of cultures and loyalties during World War II.

It's 1942. The Japanese have invaded Burma and are closing in on India. After five years in the remote Andaman Islands, aspiring anthropologist Claire Durant and her husband Shep, a civil surgeon, must evacuate with their beloved but mysteriously mute four-year-old, Ty. They cannot, however, take Naila, the local girl whose ability to communicate with Ty has made them dangerously dependent on her. The morning of the evacuation, both children disappear. With time running out, Shep forces Claire onto the ship while he stays behind to find their son. But just days after landing in Calcutta, Claire learns that the Japanese have taken the Andamans- and cut off all access to her missing family. In the desperate odyssey that follows, Claire, Shep, and Naila will all take unimaginable risks while drawing deeply from their knowledge of these unique islands to save their beloved - glorious boy.
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Published 2020-05-01 by Red Hen Press

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[...] Best-selling Liu's latest is a fascinating, irresistible marvel. Read more...

[...] The Andamans are a lush and unusual setting, a sacred home to all kinds of cultures and people, and Liu's (Flash House, 2003) prose is masterful. A good choice for book groups and for readers who are unafraid to be swept away. - The Booklist Read more...

[...] A riveting amalgam of history, family epic, anticolonial/antiwar treatise, cultural crossroads, and more, this latest from best-selling author Liu (Face) is a fascinating, irresistible marvel. -- Library Journal, starred review Read more...

[...] With a mesmerizing setting and transporting detail, Glorious Boy balances tropical beauty with raw, physical risk, and dives deep into grim truths about parental love and the power and limitation of language. This is a page-turner, sometimes violent but always revelatory. -- five star review Read more...