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Hope Lim Bücher
Hope Lim gestaltet Erzählungen, die Themen wie Selbstfindung und Widerstandsfähigkeit erforschen, oft mit Charakteren im Mittelpunkt, die ihren eigenen Weg finden. Ihr Schreiben zeichnet sich durch herzliche Erzählungen und bildlich reiche Prosa aus. Lim befasst sich mit der Komplexität familiärer Bindungen und der Bedeutung der Zugehörigkeit. Ihre Werke finden bei den Lesern durch ihre ergreifenden Botschaften von Hoffnung und Identität Anklang.
When a young boy's beloved plum tree falls in a storm, he feels like he's lost both a friend and a connection to his old home.A young boy, recently arrived from Korea, finds a glorious plum tree in his new backyard. It reminds him of a tree his family had back home, and he names it Plumee for the deep purple plums on its branches. Whenever the boy is homesick, he knows he can take shelter in Plumee's tall branches.And when a storm brings the old tree down, he and his friends have all kinds of adventures on its branches, as it becomes a dragon, a treehouse, and a ship in their imaginations. But soon it's time to say goodbye when the remains of the tree are taken away. Before long, a new plum tree is planted, new blossoms bloom, and a new friendship takes root.
A young boy loves listening to his mother describe the place where she grew up, a world of tall mountains and friends splashing together in the river. Mummy's stories have let the boy visit her homeland in his thoughts and dreams, and now he's old enough to travel with her to see it for himself. But when mother and son arrive, the town is not as he imagined. Skyscrapers block the mountains, and crowds hurry past. The boy feels like an outsider - until they visit the river where his mother used to play, and he sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain. Sensitively pitched to a child's-eye view, this vivid story honors the immigrant experience and the timeless bond between parent and child, past and present.