Name: The Love Wife
SKU: 1741390
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Author: Gish Jen
ISBN: 9781400076512

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Physical Book

Publisher

Vintage

Author

Gish Jen

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

379

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x13.5x2.2 cm

Weight

0.29

ISBN

140007651X

ISBN13

9781400076512

Synopsis "The Love Wife"

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.

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