I am so pleased to offer you the chance to win The Wangs vs The World by Jade Chang! It has been getting a ton of buzz, and when I opened my Entertainment Weekly on Friday, there it was getting all kinds of praise. Here’s a little bit about The Wangs vs. The World:
The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on October 4, 2016
Genres: Fiction
Goodreads
A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent—and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together.
Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he’s just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go to China and attempt to reclaim his family’s ancestral lands—and his pride.
Charles pulls Andrew, his aspiring comedian son, and Grace, his style-obsessed daughter, out of schools he can no longer afford. Together with their stepmother, Barbra, they embark on a cross-country road trip from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the upstate New York hideout of the eldest daughter, disgraced art world it-girl Saina. But with his son waylaid by a temptress in New Orleans, his wife ready to defect for a set of 1,000-thread-count sheets, and an epic smash-up in North Carolina, Charles may have to choose between the old world and the new, between keeping his family intact and finally fulfilling his dream of starting anew in China.
Outrageously funny and full of charm, The Wangs vs. the World is an entirely fresh look at what it means to belong in America—and how going from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings one family together in a way money never could.
One (1) winner receives a copy of The Wangs vs the World
Giveaway open to US addresses only.
Prizing and samples provided by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
I’ve been hearing great things about this, and it sounds hilarious. Even if I don’t win I’ll still go out and buy it.
I would love to win this. This is the coolest-sounding current read. Sounds fun!
I love books featuring cultures that are foreign to me so I can learn about the world. This book sounds so exciting to read with so much at stake for the characters.
I’ve been seeing a lot of good reviews for this book. It sounds really amusing.
I’ve been seeing this book all over the blog world. Wish I’d picked it for my BOTM selection!