Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels?įrom debut author Gloria Chao comes a hilarious, heartfelt tale of how unlike the panda, life isn't always so black and white. With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can't bring herself to tell them the truth-that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.īut when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies. Being alone was hard, but better than feeling shitty about myself all the time. Gloria was once a black belt in kung-fu and an avid dancer, but nowadays you can find her teaming up with her husband on the curling ice. Once I stopped trying so damn hard to be someone else, I started to enjoy life. Her wayward journey to fiction included studying business at MIT, then becoming a dentist. An incisive, laugh-out-loud contemporary debut about a Taiwanese-American teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer despite her squeamishness with germs and crush on a Japanese classmate.Īt seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents' master plan. About the author (2019) Gloria Chao is the critically acclaimed author of American Panda and Our Wayward Fate.
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