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From KQED. From KQED.

This is Forum.

I'm Mina Kim.

Author Leslie Tenorio's debut novel, The Son of Good Fortune, tells the coming-of-age story of a young,

undocumented son living in the United States, who was born during a flight between the Philippines

and San Francisco.

The son named Excel, like the spreadsheet,

explores his struggle to avoid calling attention to himself,

even as he forms relationships,

leaves his home in the Bay Area City of Colma for the first time,

and attempts to survive away from his mother on his own.

The book is a follow-up to Tenorio's 2012 story collection,

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