My Summer of Love and Misfortune

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Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato in this hilarious, quirky novel about a Chinese-American teen who is thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China.

Iris Wang is having a bit of a rough start to her summer: Her boyfriend cheated on her, she didnt get into any colleges, and she has no idea who she is or what she wants to do with her life. Shes always felt torn about being Chinese-American, feeling neither Chinese nor American enough to claim either identity. Shes just a sad pizza combo from Dominos, as far as shes concerned.

In an attempt to snap her out of her funk, Iriss parents send her away to visit family in Beijing, with the hopes that Iris would reconnect with her culture and find herself. Iris resents the condescension, but even she admits that this might be a good opportunity to hit the reset button on the apocalyptic disaster that has become her life.

With this trip, Iris expects to eat a few dumplings, meet some family, and visit a tourist hotspot or two. Instead, she gets swept up in the ridiculous, opulent world of Beijings wealthy elite, leading her to unexpected and extraordinary discoveries about her family, her future, and herself.

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My Summer of Love and Misfortuneis the funniest book Ive read this year. ThinkCrazy Rich Asiansmeets Sandhya Menons books. The premise: Iris is sent to live with relatives shes never met in Beijing, after failing high school and being a general mess. Iris acts and thinks like a teenager, but the book reads more adult than YA. There are so many funny moments with traveling faux pas, awkward teenage moments, delicious foodie descriptions. Family and connecting with culture is at the heart of this book. This book is a hilarious adventure that will cure the travel bug while were all staying home this summer.

Courtney Rodgers -- Book Riot

Author Bio

Lindsay Wong is the author of the bestselling, award-winning memoirThe Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug-Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family. She has a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University, and she is now based in Vancouver, Canada.My Summer of Love and Misfortuneis her first YA novel. Visit her online at LindsayMWong.WordPress.com or on Twitter @LindsayMWong.