TY - BOOK AU - Lee,Janice Y.K. TI - The expatriates SN - 9780143108429 U1 - Fic PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Americans KW - China KW - Hong Kong KW - Fiction KW - lcgft KW - Domestic fiction N2 - The "emotions, identities, and relationships of three very different American women living in same small expat community in Hong Kong ... As each woman struggles with her own demons, their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all."-- Provided by publisher. Three very different American women livie in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage. Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her maternal identity in the wake of a shattering loss. Their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all ER -