{"id":2253,"date":"2024-05-15T14:17:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2024-05-15T14:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:17:15","slug":"friends-fiction-episode-189-jean-kwok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/friends-fiction-episode-189-jean-kwok\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends &#038; Fiction: Episode 189 &#8211; Jean Kwok"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/Zf9sL_bMpk8&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jean Kwok<\/h2>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;On tonight\u2019s LIVE episode of our web show, we sit down with the incredible Jean Kwok.\\n\\nJean Kwok is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and the instant New York Times bestseller and Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick Searching for Sylvie Lee. 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Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in universities, colleges, and high schools across the world. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award and the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award. With a bachelor&#8217;s from Harvard and an MFA from Columbia, Jean is fluent in Chinese, Dutch, and English. She joins us to discuss her highly-anticipated, brand-new novel <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/19399\/9780063031463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE LEFTOVER WOMAN<\/a> (William Morrow, Oct 10) which was named to most-anticipated lists by The New York Times, Elle, TIME, People and many more.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make sure to join us every Wednesday night at 7pm EST on Facebook and YouTube for our latest episode!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"l: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/FriendsFiction?sub_confirmation=1\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to our Youtube Channel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/FriendsandFiction\">JOIN<\/a> our Facebook Group<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/category\/friends-fiction-episodes\/\">VIEW<\/a> more of our previous episodes<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; 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