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|author= Peter Ho Davies
|title= The Fortunes
|rating= 4.5
|genre= General Fiction
|summary= Clashes of cultures or cultural enrichment? Xenophobia or embracing diversity?
Today's hot topics focus much on cultures meeting and notions of foreignness, especially in the context of migration. As such, Peter Ho Davies could not have chosen a more current and thought-provoking theme for ''The Fortunes'': through four different stories, the novel documents some of the history of Chinese people in America over more than century. From railroad workers, laundry owners, and prostitutes to film stars and adoptive parents, ''The Fortunes'' tells tales of searching for identity on both national and personal levels.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340980230</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Paul Read
|summary= It is summer, school is out, the days are long, the bumblebees are big and blousy and the allotment where Clover helps her dad with the vegetables needs weeding and watering. She likes the allotment; it helps her think. This summer, Clover is going to unravel the mystery of her mother, Becky Brookfield and work out what makes her father so sad. All the time. It's hard to be a kid with a dead mother, but Clover thinks it's even harder to be dad with a dead wife.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091959608</amazonuk>
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