The Wangs Vs. the World
The Wangs Vs. the World by Jade Chang is a reprint edition published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2017, featuring 384 pages in English. This novel follows the Wangs, an immigrant family navigating their dramatic transition from wealth to financial instability. After losing his cosmetics empire during the financial crisis, Charles Wang embarks on a cross-country journey with his two children and their stepmother, Barbra, as they seek refuge with the eldest daughter, Saina.
Readers will find a humorous and poignant exploration of family life and identity within the Asian American experience. The narrative captures the dynamics of the Wangs as they confront their new reality, highlighting themes of belonging and resilience. This engaging story presents a fresh perspective on the immigrant experience in America, showcasing how the family’s bond is strengthened in the face of adversity.
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For fans of Crazy Rich Asians: Meet the Wangs, the unforgettable immigrant family whose spectacular fall from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings them together in a way money never could.
Charles Wang, a brash, lovable businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, has just lost everything in the financial crisis. So he rounds up two of his children from schools that he can no longer afford and packs them into the only car that wasn’t repossessed. Together with their wealth-addicted stepmother, Barbra, they head on a cross-country journey from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the Upstate New York retreat of the eldest Wang daughter, Saina.
“Highly entertaining” (BuzzFeed), this “fresh Little Miss Sunshine” (Vanity Fair) is a “compassionate and bright-eyed novel” (New York Times Book Review), an epic family saga, and a new look at what it means to belong in America. “When the Wangs take the world, we all benefit” (USA Today).
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