{"id":50197,"date":"2023-01-11T12:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=50197"},"modified":"2023-01-03T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:31:04","slug":"all-thats-left-unsaid-by-tracey-lien-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/all-thats-left-unsaid-by-tracey-lien-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"All That&#8217;s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-50122\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/All-Thats-Left-Unsaid-Tracey-Lien-BookDragon-533x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/All-Thats-Left-Unsaid-Tracey-Lien-BookDragon-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/All-Thats-Left-Unsaid-Tracey-Lien-BookDragon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/>Denny died at the Lucky 8 restaurant after his high school formal, his \u201cMost Likely to Succeed\u201d-sash still tucked into his borrowed suit. In 1996 small-town Cabramatta, populated by children of Southeast Asian refugees coming of age amidst drug-related violence, Denny was that perfect kid: an academic superstar beloved by his struggling parents.<\/p>\n<p>Although Denny was surrounded by people who cared, no one will admit to seeing what happened to him. When older sister Ky, a Melbourne journalist, returns home for the funeral, she disregards the ineffective (white) police to tenaciously uncover the truth for herself.<\/p>\n<p>Aileen Huynh ciphers the majority; while she\u2019s consistently affecting as Ky, she doesn\u2019t particularly distinguish other witnesses. Yen Nguyen shatters hearts as Denny; Amelia Nguyen stands out \u2013 for memorable characterization, but also somewhat awkwardly for being the only other-witness narrator \u2013 as prodigious 10-year-old Lulu, whose social pyramid analysis (from the \u201cwhite Kimberlys\u201d to the \u201csoy sauce sandwich\u201d-eaters) is brilliantly biting.<\/p>\n<p>Quibbles aside, debut novelist Tracey Lien gets an aural boost from her fellow Australian trio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/All-That-s-Left-Unsaid-\/pid=9770002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers:<\/strong> Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denny died at the Lucky 8 restaurant after his high school formal, his \u201cMost Likely to Succeed\u201d-sash still tucked into his borrowed suit. 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