{"product_id":"bad-bad-girl-gish-jen-hardcover","title":"Bad Bad Girl -- Gish Jen, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A transcendent work of art.\" \u003ci\u003e--Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gish Jen has written\u003ci\u003e the\u003c\/i\u003e multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century.\" --Junot Díaz \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heart-piercingly personal. . . . Suffused with love.\" \u003ci\u003e--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ci\u003eMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gish Jen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.36 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.29\" H x 6.14\" L x 1.57\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593803738\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50564503535920,"sku":"9780593803738","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780593803738_a26a277a-dbea-43f7-a34c-6103dde473bb.jpg?v=1783085838","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/bad-bad-girl-gish-jen-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}