A river of stars / Hua, Vanessa

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A river of stars

a novel
2019
Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, when she gets shipped off to America in order to give birth on American soil. The father wants every advantage for his son and U.S. citizenship will give him that. But when a new sonogram reveals the unexpected, Scarlett runs away to San Francisco's Chinatown with a stowaway, desperately trying to build her own future.
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A river of stars

a novel
Scarlett Chen used to work in a factory in her native China, where she fell in love with Boss Yeung. Now, Scarlett is in America, pregnant with Boss Yeung's son--Boss Yeung is overjoyed to finally have a son, even though Scarlett is not his wife--which if born on American soil will become an American citizen and open up new doors for him and his family. Scarlett goes to a secret maternity home in Los Angeles where she meets Daisy, a teenager and fellow unwed mother. When Scarlett gets an ultrasound and finds out something shocking, she hijacks a van, and she and Daisy go on a cross-country trip to escape.
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