Hello Kitty Must Die - Softcover

Choi, Angela S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935562029 ISBN 13: 9781935562023

Publisher: Gallery Books, 2010

Synopsis

On the outside, twenty-eight-year-old Fiona Yu appears to be just another Hello Kitty--an educated, well-mannered Asian American woman. Secretly, she feels torn between the traditional Chinese values of her family and the social mores of being an American girl.

To escape the burden of carrying her family's honor, Fiona decides to take her own virginity. In the process, she makes a surprising discovery that reunites her with a long-lost friend, Sean Killroy. Sean introduces her to a dark world of excitement, danger, cunning, and cruelty, pushing her to the limits of her own morality. But Fiona's father throws her new life into disarray when he dupes her into an overnight trip that results in a hasty engagement to Don Koo, the spoiled son of a wealthy chef.

Determined to thwart her parents' plans to marry her off into Asian suburbia, Fiona seeks her freedom at any price. How far will she go to bury the Hello Kitty stereotype forever? Fiona's journey of self-discovery is biting and clever as she embraces her true nature and creates her own version of the American Dream, eliminating--without fear or remorse--anyone who stands in her way.

About this title

Review:

"The shock-value plot should provoke plenty of hype, but it's Choi's furious, laugh-out-loud social commentary that is most noteworthy."?--Booklist

Book Description:

The Joy Luck Club meets American Psycho in this darkly comic debut novel starring Fi, an ambitious young lawyer who will stop at nothing to avoid being married off into a life of suburban boredom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1935562029
• ISBN 13: 9781935562023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320