PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE

In post-9/11 New York, Zou Lei is an illegal immigrant from northwest China. A Muslim with a Uighur mother and a Han soldier for a f ather, she's a pariah even within the Chinese community. Forced to work fourteen-hour days and live in squalor, she nevertheless emb races the many freedoms her adopted homeland has to offer.Damaged by three tours in Iraq, veteran Brad Skinner comes to New York wit h the sole intention of partying as hard as he can in order to forget what he's seen. Impulsive and angry, Skinner's re-entry into c ivilian ...[Read more]