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All that's left unsaid : a novel / Tracey Lien.

Lien, Tracey, (author.).

Summary:
"A deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's shocking murder, determined to discover what happened--a dramatic exploration of the intricate bonds and obligations of friendship, family, and community. Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny--optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny--is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst heroin epidemic in Australian history. Returning home to Cabramatta for the funeral, Ky learns that the police are stumped by Denny's case: a dozen people were at Lucky 8 restaurant when Denny died, but each of the bystanders claim to have seen nothing. Desperately hoping that understanding what happened might ease her suffocating guilt, Ky sets aside her grief and determines to track down the witnesses herself. With each encounter, she peels back another layer of the place that shaped her and Denny, exposing the seeds of violence that were planted well before that fateful celebration dinner: by colonialism, by the war in Vietnam, and by the choices they've all made to survive."-- provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063227736
  • ISBN: 0063227738
  • ISBN: 9780063275263
  • ISBN: 0063275260
  • Physical Description: 293 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
Subject: Vietnamese > Australia > Fiction.
Families > Australia > Fiction.
Homecoming > Fiction.
Brothers > Death > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.) > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library MYS LIEN (Text) 50686016219128 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library MYS LIEN (Text) 50686016232667 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F LIE (Text) 33240004968692 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library LIE (Text) 33249025347646 Fiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults LIE Fiction (Text) 34007002475874 Adult Area Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Lien (Text) 39427103675674 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC LIE (Text) 33400001567364 Adult Fiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults LIE Fiction (Text) 34262000783080 Main Room Available -
Milton Public Library A LIE (Text) 33226001072638 MLTM Adult Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library F LIE (Text) 34422007266683 Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: "A deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's shocking murder, determined to discover what happened--a dramatic exploration of the intricate bonds and obligations of friendship, family, and community. Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny--optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny--is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst heroin epidemic in Australian history. Returning home to Cabramatta for the funeral, Ky learns that the police are stumped by Denny's case: a dozen people were at Lucky 8 restaurant when Denny died, but each of the bystanders claim to have seen nothing. Desperately hoping that understanding what happened might ease her suffocating guilt, Ky sets aside her grief and determines to track down the witnesses herself. With each encounter, she peels back another layer of the place that shaped her and Denny, exposing the seeds of violence that were planted well before that fateful celebration dinner: by colonialism, by the war in Vietnam, and by the choices they've all made to survive."--

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