They change his name to Daniel Wilkinson and thus begins Deming/Daniel’s perpetual identity crisis. Nobody seems to know where she has gone and, at the age of 11, Deming is adopted by two white college professors. Polly disappears when Deming is eleven years old. Michael and Deming grow close and treat each other like brothers.
Polly becomes involved with a man from China, Leon, and Deming and Polly move into an apartment with Leon, Leon’s sister, Vivian, and Vivian’s son, Michael. Deming returns to America to be with Polly when he is six years old. While in America, she gives birth to a son, Deming, and sends him back to China to be raised by her father. After becoming pregnant, Polly returned to the village and from there emigrated to America.
In Fuzhou, Polly worked hard, sent money home, made friends and had a romance. At a young age, Polly left the village and went to the city of Fuzhou to work in a garment factory.
Her father was a fisherman and her mother had died when she was six months old. Peilan (Polly) Guo grew up in a poor village (Minjiang) in a poor province in China. “The Leavers” is a novel about racial identity, immigration and lost souls, with a touch of musical spirit.
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