Charles Wang has just lost the cosmetics fortune he built up since emigrating to the US. Gone are the houses, the cars, and the incredible lifestyle. Faced with this loss, he decides to take his family on a trip to China and attempt to reclaim his ancestral lands.
Jade Chang has covered arts and culture for publications like Metropolis Magazine (where she was the West Coast Editor for several years), the BBC, the Los Angeles Times magazine, Glamour, and others. She worked for many years at Goodreads, but recently left to concentrate on her writing. The Wangs VS The World is her first novel.
[A] richly entertaining debut . . . smart and engaging
*Guardian*
Sharply comic, The Wangs Vs the World is a hilarious take on the
road trip novel
*Stylist*
The Wangs vs. the World is one of the most thrilling, skilfully
wrought novels I've read in ages . . .a rollicking rambunctious
ride with a crew of unforgettable characters.
*Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals*
A recession-era Little Miss Sunshine meets Arrested Development . .
. a fun debut that offers something a little bit different.
*Big Issue*
Fresh, energetic, and completely hilarious, The Wangs vs. the World
is my favorite debut of the year.
*Jami Attenberg, author of Saint Mazie and The Middlesteins*
A fresh Little Miss Sunshine.
*Sloane Crosley in Vanity Fair*
A heartbreaking, hilarious, and honest American epic
*J. Ryan Stradal, author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest*
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