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|title=The Road to Wanting
|sort= Road to Wanting
|reviewer=Robin Leggett
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Na Ga finds herself in Wanting, on the China / Burma border where her former American boyfriend has arranged for her to cross the border to her native Burma. Exposing aspects of Southeast Asia that are not normally seen by Westerners, encompassing rural Burma, Rangoon, northern China, the brothels of northern China Thailand and Bangkok, the book relates her difficult life and is ultimately about acceptance and forgiveness. It's beautiful, sad and uplifting all at the same time.
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=208
|publisher=Chatto & Windus
|date=April 2010
|isbn=978-0701184087
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>0701184086</amazonuk>009953598X|aznuk=009953598X|amazonusaznus=<amazonus>0701184086</amazonus>
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For more stunning writing from American-Asian novelists, then why not check out [[Peony in Love by Lisa See]], or the wonderfully strange [[Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen: A Manifesto in 41 Tales by Marilyn Chin]].
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