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White Ivy
- Author
- Susie Yang
- Narrator
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 3 November 2020
- Run Time
- 12 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'White Ivy is magic . . . and not soon to be forgotten' JOSHUA FERRIS, author of Then We Came to the End
'Totally addictive, twisting and twisted: Ivy Lin will get under your skin' ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said
'Dark and toxic... White Ivy takes a hold of you and doesn't let go. A book I won't forget in a hurry.' HARRIET TYCE, author of Blood Orange
Ivy Lin was a thief. But you'd never know it to look at her...
Ivy Lin, a Chinese immigrant growing up in a low-income apartment complex outside Boston, is desperate to assimilate with her American peers. Her parents disapprove, berating her for her mediocre grades and what they see as her lazy, entitled attitude. But Ivy has a secret weapon, her grandmother Meifeng, from whom she learns to shoplift to get the things she needs to fit in.
Ivy develops a taste for winning and for wealth. As an adult, she reconnects with the blond-haired golden boy of a prominent political family, and thinks it's fate. But just as Ivy is about to have everything she's ever wanted, a ghost from her past resurfaces, threatening the almost-perfect life she's worked so hard to build.
Filled with surprising twists, and offering sharp insights into the immigrant experience, White Ivy is both a love triangle and a coming-of-age story - as well as a dark glimpse at what can happen when we yearn for success at any cost.
MORE PRAISE FOR THIS SPELLBINDING DEBUT NOVEL:
'It's a testament to Susie Yang's skill that she can explore and upend our ideas of class, race, family, and identity while moving us through a plot that twists in such wonderful ways. But none of that would matter nearly as much if not for the truly unforgettable narrator, Ivy...' Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here and The Family Fang
'Chock-full of compelling, exciting ideas' New York Times
'The genius of White Ivy is that each plot point of the romance is fulfilled but also undercut by a traumatic pratfall, described in language as bright and scarring as a wound' Los Angeles Times
'Exquisitely written and totally irresistible... An outstanding debut that will make your pulse race - I loved every single word' Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place
Critics Review
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Class, race and coming-of-age lock horns in this original, funny, clever novel. Totally addictive, twisting and twisted: Ivy Lin will get under your skin
Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID/SHE SAID
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Chock-full of compelling, exciting ideas
New York Times
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Compulsively readable, dark and toxic, with grim flashes of humour, White Ivy takes a hold of you and doesn't let go. A book I won't forget in a hurry
Harriet Tyce, author of BLOOD ORANGE
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The genius of White Ivy is that each plot point of the romance is fulfilled but also undercut by a traumatic pratfall, described in language as bright and scarring as a wound
Los Angeles Times
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Exquisitely written and totally irresistible, White Ivy is an evocative page-turner with a cast of searingly vivid characters and a deeply chilling heart. An outstanding debut that will make your pulse race - I loved every single word
Anna Downes, author of THE SAFE PLACE
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It's a testament to Susie Yang's skill that she can explore and upend our ideas of class, race, family, and identity while moving us through a plot that twists in such wonderful ways. But none of that would matter nearly as much if not for the truly unforgettable narrator, Ivy, who is so hypnotic, the way her voice feels both wild and controlled. She ran right through me."
Kevin Wilson, New York Times-bestselling author of NOTHING TO SEE HERE and THE FAMILY FANG
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White Ivy is magic and a necessary corrective both to the stereotypes and the pieties that too easily characterize the immigrant experience. Most pleasing of all is the story of Ivy Lin, a daring young woman in search of herself, and not soon to be forgotten.
Joshua Ferris, author of THEN WE CAME TO THE END
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White Ivy is dark and delicious. Ivy Lin eviscerates the model minority stereotype with a smile on her lips and a boot on your neck. Cancel your weekend plans, because you won't be able to take your eyes off Ivy Lin
Lucy Tan, author of WHAT WE WERE PROMISED
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Elegant and terrifying, steely and sparkling, White Ivy is a propulsive story told with the satisfying simplicity of a classic
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, author of HEX
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Bold, daring, and sexy, White Ivy is the immigrant story we've been dying to hear. Rather than submit to love, Ivy seeks it out, sinks her teeth into it, and doesn't let go. A stunning debut
Neel Patel, author of IF YOU SEE ME, DON'T SAY HI
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A truly addictive read
Glamour's Best Books of 2020
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Susie Yang delves into class warfare and deceit in the season's biggest debut
Entertainment Weekly
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Yang's stunning debut novel is a riveting bildungsroman
Oprah Magazine
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The modern story of clashing cultures and classes already reads like Crazy Rich Asians meets Donna Tartt's The Secret History meets Paul's Case, Willa Cather's classic story of a desperate middle-class climb. But White Ivy, the propulsive debut novel by Susie Yang, is more than plot twists and love triangles. It's also an astute chronicle of cultures, gender dynamics and the complicated business of self-creation in America
San Francisco Chronicle
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A highly entertaining, well-plotted character study about a young woman whose obsession with the shallow signifiers of success gets her in too deep
Washington Post
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Details
- Author
- Susie Yang
- Narrator
- Emily Woo Zeller
- Duration
- 12 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 November 2020
- ISBN
- 9781472281807
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
The New York Times Bestseller, November 2020'White Ivy is magic . . . and not soon to be forgotten' JOSHUA FERRIS, author of Then We Came to the End'Totally addictive, twisting and twisted: Ivy Lin will get under your skin' ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said'Dark and toxic... White Ivy takes a hold of you and doesn't let go. A book I won't forget in a hurry.' HARRIET TYCE, author of Blood OrangeIvy Lin was a thief. But you'd never know it to look at her...Ivy Lin, a Chinese immigrant growing up in a low-income apartment complex outside Boston, is desperate to assimilate with her American peers. Her parents disapprove, berating her for her mediocre grades and what they see as her lazy, entitled attitude. But Ivy has a secret weapon, her grandmother Meifeng, from whom she learns to shoplift to get the things she needs to fit in.Ivy develops a taste for winning and for wealth. As an adult, she reconnects with the blond-haired golden boy of a prominent political family, and thinks it's fate. But just as Ivy is about to have everything she's ever wanted, a ghost from her past resurfaces, threatening the almost-perfect life she's worked so hard to build.Filled with surprising twists, and offering sharp insights into the immigrant experience, White Ivy is both a love triangle and a coming-of-age story - as well as a dark glimpse at what can happen when we yearn for success at any cost.MORE PRAISE FOR THIS SPELLBINDING DEBUT NOVEL:'It's a testament to Susie Yang's skill that she can explore and upend our ideas of class, race, family, and identity while moving us through a plot that twists in such wonderful ways. But none of that would matter nearly as much if not for the truly unforgettable narrator, Ivy...' Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here and The Family Fang'Chock-full of compelling, exciting ideas' New York Times'The genius of White Ivy is that each plot point of the romance is fulfilled but also undercut by a traumatic pratfall, described in language as bright and scarring as a wound' Los Angeles Times'Exquisitely written and totally irresistible... An outstanding debut that will make your pulse race - I loved every single word' Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place
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