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Hoang, Van, 1989-
Subjects
Young women -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
Fashion designers -- Fiction.
Children of immigrants -- Fiction.
Asian American fashion designers -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
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Hoang, Van, 1989-
Young women -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
Fashion designers -- Fiction.
Children of immigrants -- Fiction.
Asian American fashion designers -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
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The
monstrous
Misses
Mai
: a
novel
/ Van Hoang.
by
Hoang, Van, 1989-
47North, 2024.
Call #:
FICTION HOA
Subjects
Young women -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans -- Fiction.
Fashion designers -- Fiction.
Children of immigrants -- Fiction.
Asian American fashion designers -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781662517846 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
Monstrous
Mrs
Mai
Description:
338 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959--though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia
Mai
Yin, the first-generation child of Vietnamese immigrants, who finds the city unkind to outsiders and as dispirited as her own family. When Cordi rents a cheap loft in an old apartment building, she quickly warms to kindred souls Tessa, Audrey, and Silly. They also want better things and have pasts they'd rather forget. That they all share the same middle name makes their friendship seem like destiny. As supportive as they are of each other, it's a struggle just to eke out a living, let alone hope to see their wishes for success come true. Until an ever-present and uncannily charming acquaintance of the landlord's offers a solution to their problems. He promises to fulfill their every dream. All it takes is a little magic. And a small sacrifice. As one surprisingly effective spell leads to another, their wishes get bigger. But so does the price they must pay. Amid the damaged seams of her life so far, Cordi must realize her own power in order to rip free, without losing everything she's worked so hard to achieve."--Back cover.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Magic realism (Literature)
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