292 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2009 by Fig Tree.
292 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2009 by Fig Tree.
Linny and Van Luong are two second-generation Vietnamese immigrant sisters from the American Midwest. Linny, the youngest, is pretty and popular but trapped in a cycle of dead-end jobs and hopeless affairs. Van, plain and socially awkward, is an overachieving immigration lawyer with a seemingly picture-perfect marriage. When their father decides to take the oath for American citizenship in order to compete in an American Idol-style reality show, Linny and Van Luong return to their childhood home to plan a party to celebrate the decision that took thirty years to make. And there they realize that they are not so different from each other after all ...