For Sylvie, it’s the Netherlands, where Ma and Pa sent her to be raised by Grandma when they were too poor to keep her with them in NYC. This song always makes me think of longing for your true homeland, wherever that might be. Havana (featuring Young Thug): Camila Cabello The answer, “It ain’t me” is both courageous and sad, which is how Sylvie must have felt when her love hit hard times. Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone? Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep? Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning? Since the novel is a suspenseful family drama, an immigrant story and a romance, here are some songs about lost hopes, longing for unconditional acceptance, searching for your true home, beauty, ambition and most of all, love.įor me, this is a song about being in love when you’re young and realizing later on that it’s so hard to make that love last. Slowly, Amy comes to understand that Sylvie wasn’t nearly as perfect as she seemed.Ĭompiling this playlist made me realize how universal Sylvie’s story is, because there are so many songs about the pressure of that need to keep up appearances.
In Searching for Sylvie Lee, Chinese American younger sister Amy, who has always been timid and shy, needs to step up to the plate after her brilliant, dazzling sister Sylvie disappears while on a trip to the Netherlands. In her own words, here is Jean Kwok's Book Notes music playlist for her novel Searching for Sylvie Lee: This is a beautifully written story in which the author evokes the hard reality of being an immigrant and a woman in today’s world."
"A moving tale that, while billed as a mystery, transcends the genre…. Jean Kwok's novel Searching for Sylvie Lee is both literary and a thrille, a family drama filled with unforgettable characters and timely themes. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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