Homeseeking: A GMA Book Club Pick
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Random House N.Y.
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
02.12.2025
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
528
Maße (L/B/H)
20,2/13,1/3,3 cm
Gewicht
369 g
Farbe
Eisblau / Ozeanblau
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-593-71301-3
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Elle, and Electric Lit
“Exceptional.” —Los Angeles Times
“Unforgettable.”—The Washington Post
“Storytelling magic.”—Oprah Daily
From WWII to 2008, this searing story follows one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.
Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back.
Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.
Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen’s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi’s from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives. Throughout, Haiwen holds his memories close while Suchi forces herself to look only forward, neither losing sight of the home they hold in their hearts.
At once epic and intimate, Homeseeking is a story of family, sacrifice, and loyalty, and of the power of love to endure beyond distance, beyond time.
“Exceptional.” —Los Angeles Times
“Unforgettable.”—The Washington Post
“Storytelling magic.”—Oprah Daily
From WWII to 2008, this searing story follows one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland.
Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back.
Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.
Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen’s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi’s from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives. Throughout, Haiwen holds his memories close while Suchi forces herself to look only forward, neither losing sight of the home they hold in their hearts.
At once epic and intimate, Homeseeking is a story of family, sacrifice, and loyalty, and of the power of love to endure beyond distance, beyond time.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
A Love Story That Leaves a Numbing Ache
Anita (Mitglied der Book Circle Community) am 24.01.2026
Bewertungsnummer: 3023854
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
We follow the story of two individuals, a woman and a man, who grew up in Shanghai, falling in love as children. Then war, loyalty to family, and life decisions tear them apart. The story is written beautifully, and it feels so raw and real. Both characters, Suchi and Haiwen, feel incredibly real and close, with all their emotions and decisions, so deeply human. There is something in them that touches you deeply. Their stories rip you apart, and still you can’t give up hope while reading.
I also recommend the audiobook, which is beautifully narrated by a man and a woman, each reading the POV of Suchi and Haiwen. The voices make the story feel even more real. This book left me in tears, with a numbing ache in my chest, and I am sure this story and these characters will stay with me for a long, long time. I don’t want to say more, since I truly recommend going in as blind as possible.
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