- American literature, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, Chinese American women
Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. What’s worse is she can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress.
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Contemporary, classical in form, relentless and overwhelming.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Jessamine Chan
- First published
- 2022
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- RANDOM HOUSE UK, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing, Cornerstone Publishing
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781473581395
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