The Wangs vs. the world
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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354 pages ; 24 cm
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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Book - Regular Print
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"A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent--and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together. Charles Wang is mad at America. A brash, lovable immigrant businessman who built a cosmetics empire and made a fortune, he's just been ruined by the financial crisis. Now all Charles wants is to get his kids safely stowed away so that he can go to China and attempt to reclaim his family's ancestral lands--and his pride. Charles pulls Andrew, his aspiring comedian son, and Grace, his style-obsessed daughter, out of schools he can no longer afford. Together with their stepmother, Barbra, they embark on a cross-country road trip from their foreclosed Bel-Air home to the upstate New York hideout of the eldest daughter, disgraced art world it-girl Saina. But with his son waylaid by a temptress in New Orleans, his wife ready to defect for a set of 1,000-thread-count sheets, and an epic smash-up in North Carolina, Charles may have to choose between the old world and the new, between keeping his family intact and finally fulfilling his dream of starting anew in China. Outrageously funny and full of charm, The Wangs vs. the World is an entirely fresh look at what it means to belong in America--and how going from glorious riches to (still name-brand) rags brings one family together in a way money never could"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chang, J. (2016). The Wangs vs. the world . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chang, Jade, 1975-. 2016. The Wangs Vs. the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chang, Jade, 1975-. The Wangs Vs. the World Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Chang, J. (2016). The wangs vs. the world. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chang, Jade. The Wangs Vs. the World Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

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