Bad Bad Girl

My mother had died, but still I heard her voice... Growing up in an affluent neighbourhood in 1930s Shanghai, Loo Shu-hsin is told that it is 'no good for a girl to be smart' - and yet when rumours of the revolution reach their enclave, she is the one sent abroad for an education. In New York, she meets Chao-Pei, a Chinese engineering student, and they set out to make a life together. By the time their daughter - Gish Jen - is born, her parents have only sporadic contact with their families, who are locked in repressive Maoist China. And in her struggle to discipline her American daughter, Loo Shu-hsin finds herself repeating the punishing refrains - 'Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!' - that punctured her own childhood. Bad Bad Girl is a compelling exploration of a mother's life in exile from one of America's finest stylists.Author: Jen, Gish,author
Contributors: Jen, Gish,author
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 2 Jul 2026
Bic Classification: Memoirs, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features
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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Granta Books
Author/Director/Artist: Gish Jen
Dimension (cm): 194x126x22 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 31x194x128 mm
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Package Weight (g): 240