ISBN: 9780593689653 - Bad Bad Girl: A Novel (20 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR TIME "100 BEST" RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.A transcendent work of art. Boston GlobeGish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century. Junot DiazHeart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love. Los Angeles TimesMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . .Gishs mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaidfar closer to her than her real motheris torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: Bad bad girl! You dont know how to talk! Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English nameAgnesbut a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But proud as he is, he can only sigh, Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot. Agnes finds solace in books and in 1947 announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sailnever to return.Lonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrainBad bad girl!as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.Spanning continents, generations, and cultures, Bad Bad Girl is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as incisive as it is compassionate. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR TIME '100 BEST' RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship."A transcendent work of art." Boston Globe"Gish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century." Junot Díaz"Heart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love." Los Angeles TimesMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . .Gish's mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaidfar closer to her than her real motheris torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: "Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!" Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English nameAgnesbut a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But proud as he is, he can only sigh, "Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot." Agnes finds solace in books and in 1947 announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sailnever to return.Lonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrain"Bad bad girl!"as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.Spanning continents, generations, and cultures, Bad Bad Girl is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as incisive as it is compassionate.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR TIME "100 BEST" RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.A transcendent work of art. Boston GlobeGish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century. Junot DiazHeart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love. Los Angeles TimesMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . .Gishs mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaidfar closer to her than her real motheris torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: Bad bad girl! You dont know how to talk! Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English nameAgnesbut a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But proud as he is, he can only sigh, Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot. Agnes finds solace in books and in 1947 announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sailnever to return.Lonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrainBad bad girl!as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.Spanning continents, generations, and cultures, Bad Bad Girl is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as incisive as it is compassionate. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR TIME "100 BEST" RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.A transcendent work of art. Boston GlobeGish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century. Junot DiazHeart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love. Los Angeles TimesMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . .Gishs mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaidfar closer to her than her real motheris torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: Bad bad girl! You dont know how to talk! Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English nameAgnesbut a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But proud as he is, he can only sigh, Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot. Agnes finds solace in books and in 1947 announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sailnever to return.Lonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrainBad bad girl!as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.Spanning continents, generations, and cultures, Bad Bad Girl is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as incisive as it is compassionate. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. GISH JEN is the author of five novels,&nbsptwo books of stories, and two works of nonfiction. Her honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Fulbright Foundation, as well as the Lannan Lit.

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