Now I am happy to say that I found that buzz again in an ARC that is graciously granted to me by the publishers through NetGalley titled The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh. The last one I’ve read that fits this vibe I was looking for was Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. I also wanted to find a story that remind me of that feeling of reading a story about Asian families. A fascinatingly raw view point of familial love that is equal parts dramatic and emotional.įor the longest time I’ve searched for a book that can deliver that buzz from reading a good book that unapologetically tells a story about something that is personal and dear to the author’s heart. The Fortunes of Jaded Women is the embodiment of the good, the bad, and the ugly of a mother-daughter relationship, encapsulated within the pages of a book. It shows how Vietnamese women emerge victorious, even if the world is against them.ĪRC provided by the publisher Atria Books through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This prophecy will reunite estranged mothers, daughters, aunts, and cousins-for better or for worse.Ī multi-narrative novel brimming with levity and candor, The Fortunes of Jaded Women is about mourning, meddling, celebrating, and healing together as a family. Mai is convinced they might drive her to an early grave.ĭesperate for guidance, she consults Auntie Hua, her trusted psychic in Hawaii, who delivers an unexpected prediction: this year, her family will witness a marriage, a funeral, and the birth of a son. Though Mai’s three adult daughters, Priscilla, Thuy, and Thao, are successful in their careers ( one of them is John Cho’s dermatologist!), the same can’t be said for their love life. She’s divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she’s estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and the mediator) and Khuyen Lam (the youngest who swears she just runs humble coffee shops and nail salons, not Little Saigon’s underground). Oanh’s current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. It started with their ancestor Oanh who dared to leave her marriage for true love-so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons. The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn HuynhĮveryone in Orange County’s Little Saigon knew that the Duong sisters were cursed.
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