Cindy Yu Cindy Yu

Caught between conflicting desires – for liberty and belonging

The novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo is attracted by the freedom a New York job promises, but misses the young daughter she has left behind in London

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issue 20 May 2023
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    Chatto, pp. 320, £16

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