Camryn's Bookshelf

  “Once, he had thought diaspora was loss, longing, all the empty spaces in him filled with want.... But diaspora was this, too: two cultures that could both be his, history that was waiting to be made.” ― Grace D. Li, Portrait of a Thief Long Story, Short Pass on the hijinks and the impossibly meticulous planning, and dive into the miraculously flawed world of five college students only scraping the surface of the "real world" as they chase down stolen Chinese artifacts from museums across the world. Tell Me About It If you're reading this because of the immense hype around this book know that it is well deserved... just not for the reason you'd think.  Ocean's Eleven  meets  The Farwell ? It would be more accurate to say this novel is The Farwell with a  splash  of Ocean's Eleven. Within these pages, you'll find a cast of intoxicating characters that unravel unique perspectives on the diaspora of Chinese immigrants and descendants ...