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Title: Love Wife

Author: Gish Jen

ISBN: 9781400076512

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2005

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Number of Pages: 400

Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Publisher :
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.