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The Love Wife
The Love Wife
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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.
Author: Gish Jen
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/11/2005
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781400076512
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 88
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.
Author: Gish Jen
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/11/2005
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781400076512
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 88
About the Author
Gish Jen is the author of two previous novels and a book of stories. Her honors include the Lannan Award for Fiction and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives with her husband and two children in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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