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Free Food For Millionaires
Min Jin Lee
#UC1072
Paperback, 576 pages; 2008 (2007
$13.99
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A wholly absorbing novel, Free Food for Millionaires follows a diverse cast of compelling characters in contemporary New York through their searches for success, happiness, and love. The central protagonist, Casey Han, is a twenty-two-year-old Korean-American graduate of Princeton who, having been kicked out of her parents'house after a fight with her father, struggles to reconcile her expensive habits with her lackluster income. As Casey's credit-card debt grows and her relationship with her family falters, the narrative flows seamlessly through the minds of different people in her life. Her overbearing father longs for the respect he enjoyed in his native country, while her shy and sheltered mother despairs when an innocent crush spirals out of control. Ella, Casey's beautiful and seemingly perfect friend, struggles with her duties as a wife and mother after discovering that her husband is having an affair. These intimate perspectives of various people in Casey's life—as well as those of many others, from diverse classes and backgrounds—enrich her own story. Min Jin Lee's sympathy for each of them is apparent in this funny, tender, and insightful debut novel.
(AG)
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