{"product_id":"book-kn1u","title":"Bad Bad Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eL.A. TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e \"100 BEST\" • RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK • An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A transcendent work of art.” \u003ci\u003e—Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gish Jen has written\u003ci\u003e the\u003c\/i\u003e multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century.” —Junot Díaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heart-piercingly personal… . Suffused with love.” \u003ci\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGish’s mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaid—far closer to her than her real mother—is torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: “Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!” Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English name—Agnes—but a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But proud as he is, he can only sigh, “Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot.” Agnes finds solace in books and in 1947 announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sail—never to return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrain—“Bad bad girl!”—as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning continents, generations, and cultures, \u003ci\u003eBad Bad Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as incisive as it is compassionate.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50184727593264,"sku":"BDkn1u","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/kn1u-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779292126","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kn1u","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}