Blue Hunger Style:Hardcover Davison's novel explores the discrepancy

Davison's novel explores the discrepancy between the progressive ideals and persistent negative stereotypes among the privileged regarding social status

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Blue Hunger Style:Hardcover Davison's novel explores the discrepancyBy: Viola Di Grado, Translated by Jamie Richards After her twin's death, a solitary young woman leaves Rome for Shanghai, the city where her brother Ruben had long dreamed of opening a restaurant. Teaching Italian to Chinese students, she meets a mysterious girl named Xu, who is also running from a turbulent past: a violent father, an absent mother, and an extended family who wishes she'd been a boy. Xu's house is dingy and full of rotting food, like