A young woman’s rootless past and uncertain future collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents, toppling her carefully constructed life, in this vibrant, insightful debut from an exciting new voice in fiction.
I really enjoyed reading about Audrey, who takes her white fiancè, Ben, home to suburban Illinois to meet her Chinese immigrant parents for the first time and is forced to reconcile her past and present selves. At home, she has to grapple not only with her parents (especially her domineering, perpetually disappointed mother) and a life she left behind, but with lingering feelings for her high school crush, Kyle. She sees the way that her relationship with Ben has defined her, and has to figure out if that’s the version of herself that fits best. She also begins to see her parents as human, beyond their parenthood. The writing was clear, vivid and poignant, and I’ll remember the Zhous for a long time.
Thank you to #NetGalley for letting me read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
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