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The Love Wife
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Series: Vintage Contemporaries
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ISBN10: 140007651X
ISBN13: 9781400076512
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Oct 11 2005
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781400076512
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Oct 11 2005
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
From the massively talented, award-winning author of Thank You, Mr. Nixon comes a big story ... about families and identity and race and the American Dream.... Jen's most ambitious and emotionally ample work yet (The New York Times).
The Wongs describe themselves as a half half family, but the actual fractions are more complicated, given Carnegie's Chinese heritage, his wife Blondie's WASP background, and the various ethnic permutations of their adopted and biological children. Into this new American family comes a volatile new member. Her name is Lanlan. She is Carnegie's Mainland Chinese relative, a tough, surprisingly lovely survivor of the Cultural Revolution, who comes courtesy of Carnegie's mother's will. Is Lanlan a very good nanny, a heartless climber, or a posthumous gift from a formidable mother who never stopped wanting her son to marry a nice Chinese girl? Rich in insight, buoyed by humor, The Love Wife is a hugely satisfying work.
The Wongs describe themselves as a half half family, but the actual fractions are more complicated, given Carnegie's Chinese heritage, his wife Blondie's WASP background, and the various ethnic permutations of their adopted and biological children. Into this new American family comes a volatile new member. Her name is Lanlan. She is Carnegie's Mainland Chinese relative, a tough, surprisingly lovely survivor of the Cultural Revolution, who comes courtesy of Carnegie's mother's will. Is Lanlan a very good nanny, a heartless climber, or a posthumous gift from a formidable mother who never stopped wanting her son to marry a nice Chinese girl? Rich in insight, buoyed by humor, The Love Wife is a hugely satisfying work.
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