Gish Jen
Chinese American novelist and essayist (born 1955) whose work explores immigration, identity, and assimilation; author of novels and story collections including Typical American and Who's Irish?
Books
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1. Bad Bad Girl
Bad Bad Girl follows Loo Shu-hsin (Aggie), born into a wealthy Shanghai family in 1925, whose rebelliousness and unusual education lead her to leave for America in 1947. In Manhattan she builds a life—marriage, a child, and a new home—but faces cultural conflict, loneliness, and a marriage that strains under exile and differing expectations. The novel traces the long, complicated bond between mother and daughter as they confront identity, ambition, love, and misunderstanding across continents and generations.
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