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From Goodreads:
Set in New York and China over three decades, Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There’s Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life.
His daughter, Tammy, whom we meet at age 9 and follow through adulthood, grapples with the expectations of a first-generation American and her own personal desires.
Finally, there’s Oliver, a handsome white lawyer with a dark family secret and who lives in the building where Tony works. A violent attack causes their lives to intertwine in ways that will change them forever.
Rapid Rating: High.
Profanity includes 25 uses of strong language, around 20 instances of moderate profanity, 6 uses of mild language, and about 10 instances of the name of Deity in vain. Sexual content includes a couple of brief scenes with moderate detail. Violence includes a hit-and-run, a mugging, domestic violence.
