Description
Casey Han's years at Princeton have given her a refined diction, an enviable golf handicap, wealthy friends, a popular white boyfriend, and a magna cum laude degree in economics. But she has no job and a number of bad habits.
The elder daughter of working-class Korean immigrants, Casey inhabits a New York that is a world away from that of her parents. As Casey navigates an uneven course of small triumphs and spectacular failures, a clash of values, ideals, and ambitions plays out against the colourful backdrop of New York society, its many layers, shades, and divides.
A young woman is torn between her Korean heritage and American upbringing. Min Jin Lee's acclaimed debut novel.
Endorsements
"Take Zadie Smith's White Teeth, add the glamour of The Devil Wears Prada, and throw in a social commentary on modern identity crises" — Eve
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