{"id":616982,"date":"2024-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/03\/13\/this-novel-straddles-a-young-girls-identity-crisis-between-eastern-and-western-cultures\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:00:00","slug":"this-novel-straddles-a-young-girls-identity-crisis-between-eastern-and-western-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/03\/13\/this-novel-straddles-a-young-girls-identity-crisis-between-eastern-and-western-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"This novel straddles a young girl\u2019s identity crisis between eastern and western cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/127823210\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">River East, River West<\/a><\/strong><strong> is a <\/strong><strong>fictional take on China\u2019s early modernization and <\/strong><strong>its<\/strong><strong> impact on social dynamics. <\/strong>In Aube Rey Lescure\u2019s debut novel she tells the complex story of identity, culture, and societal change in contemporary China. At the heart of the story is 14-year-old Alva Collins, a young girl born and raised in Shanghai in 2007 to her free-spirited American mother, Sloan, and an absent Chinese father. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Alva\u2019s dual identity as a bi-cultural individual growing up between<\/strong><strong>East and West is one of the focal points.<\/strong>It dives into her struggle with questions of belonging and cultural heritage, all while navigating the complexities of her mother\u2019s unconventional lifestyle. The novel also jumps back in time, to 1985 to be exact, to share the root of Alva\u2019s diversity beginning with the relationship that flowered between her mother and her father, Lu Fang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>There are points where the novel extends beyond Alva\u2019s journey and explores <\/strong><strong>themes of societal change and historical context.<\/strong> Set against the backdrop of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/psychology\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2016.00477\/full\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">China\u2019s rapid modernization<\/a> and globalization in the mid-2000s, Rey Lescure paints a vivid portrait of a nation in flux, where traditional values clash with the allure of Western influence and economic prosperity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>You can get your copy on<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/River-East-West-Novel\/dp\/0063257858\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>? 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