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A fun, lighthearted tale of super rich Asian families, mothers, daughters and love. One has to take the lavish spending and materialism with a grain of salt, but it's still an enjoyable read about relationships and families and love.
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This is not great literature, but it is a fun distraction and I will be looking forward to the next in the series. It's such an unbelievable soap opera, but I can relate to the underlying biases of the family members. I'm no Rachel, but I've witnessed or experienced some of the statements of bias that are present in the novel from one generation to the next. I especially enjoy the language idioms, but in audiobook format, the introduction of the footnote can be a bit distracting.
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