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More copies of this ISBN:The Love Wifeby Gish Jen
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the highly praised author of Mona in the Promised Land and Who's Irish?--a generous, funny, powerful novel about the new half-half American family. Here is Carnegie Wong, second-generation Chinese-American funny guy. Here is his WASP wife, the za-za-vavoomy Blondie. Here are their two adopted Asian daughters, and their half-half bio son. And here is Mama Wong, Carnegie's noholds-barred mother who, ever-opposed to his marriage, arranges through her will for a mainland Chinese cousin to come look after the kids. Is she, as Carnegie claims, a nanny? Or is she there, as Blondie fears, for some other reason? What happens as Mama Wong's instrument settles into the already overburdened Wong household is as perilous and thought-provoking as it is comic. In making her way through the new world, this enterprising woman throws the cracks of the American body politic into relief, even as she reveals to us the deep fragility of the Family Wong. The Love Wife--its narrative shared among all the members of the clan--brilliantly walks the line between disaster and hope, between drama and humor. It is Gish Jen's most exuberant and accomplished novel. Review:“A big story: a story about families and identity and race and the American Dream. . . . Jen’s most ambitious and emotionally ample work yet.” –The New York Times Review:“Vibrant, vital. . . . Wise and compassionate, The Love Wife unflinchingly probes the ties that bind–and separate–people, races and nations.” –People Review:“A feast of gab, of proclamation and rebuttal, some of the quirkiest, funniest, most intelligent fictional talk in years.” –Newsday Review:“A lush, funny, yet deeply moving novel of family and identity, a wondrous swoosh of a story.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer Synopsis:From the massively talented Gish Jen comes a barbed, moving, and stylistically dazzling new novel about the elusive nature of kinship. 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. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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