White Ivy

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Call Number: Fiction / Yang, Susie, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Yang, Susie
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Yang, Susie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Yang, Susie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Yang, Susie	4-week checkout	Due 05-23-2024

Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar—but you’d never know it by looking at her. Raised outside of Boston, she is taught how to pilfer items from yard sales and second-hand shops by her immigrant grandmother. Thieving allows Ivy to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen—and, most importantly, to attract the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political family. But when Ivy’s mother discovers her trespasses, punishment is swift and Ivy is sent to China, where her dream instantly evaporates. Years later, Ivy has grown into a poised yet restless young woman, haunted by her conflicting feelings about her upbringing and her family. Back in Boston, when she bumps into Sylvia Speyer, Gideon’s sister, a reconnection with Gideon seems not only inevitable—it feels like fate.

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Too much Life Destruction. submitted by jgetty on May 26, 2021, 3:56pm I got this book off a reading list. It was pretty good at the very beginning, but the main character became so disturbingly self-destructive. The parent violence in her childhood seemed to be a main factor, how can people be so cruel? Her whole childhood seemed to set her up for a path of self-destruction, poor health, bad decisions, unhealthy relationships, violence in relationships, the book was a mess to me. Towards the end of the book, a terrible event made me say that's it, and it was too much to bear. The girl has no conscience, and no respect for life, nor healthy living, nor healthy relationships.