CBC Book’s 12 Best Canadian Debut Novels of 2016: Ann Y.K. Choi and Lynne Kutsukake

By Westwood Creative ArtistsMay 11, 2017News

kays-lucky-coin-variety-9781501156120_hr The Translation of Love Kutsukake Well done to Ann Y.K. Choi and Lynne Kutsukake on making CBC Book’s 12 Best Canadian Debut Novels of 2016. From Choi, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety portrays the life of a young Korean Canadian girl who will not give up on her dreams or her family. And Kutsukake’s The Translation of Love, tells the story of Aya Shimamura, a newly repatriated girl, as she helps a classmate find her missing sister in war-devastated Tokyo.

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CBC Book’s 12 Best Canadian Debut Novels of 2016: Ann Y.K. Choi and Lynne Kutsukake

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