The Fortunes of Jaded Women
Carolyn Huynh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio
Pub Date: 9.5.2022
I love generational stories with some good drama, and ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง did not disappoint! In fact, it starts with a curse from a witch.
This is a modern-day story about the three Dฦฐฦกng sisters, who have become estranged from each other, their mother, and their grown daughters. But this is not all by choice, or so they believe. Long ago, an ancestor of theirs received a curse that happiness would elude them if they married, and they would not have a son as an heir.
Well, generations later, with all daughters and this family is struggling. Mothers and daughters, and the sisters too, are not on good terms. Is it the curse? Then word comes from a psychic that this year the family will have a wedding, a funeral and the birth of a son; it may be time for a change.
Although there were a lot of characters to keep track of, I really loved this family. There was tons of humor and sarcasm. I enjoyed how the author wove in Vietnamese traditions, customs, and Asian stereotyping as this family tries to overcome a so-called โcurse.โ The women are center stage in this one, but the men they marry and date add a lot to the laughs.
Thank you to @libro.fm for this gifted audiobook.
๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐?
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