Book
A quitter's paradise : a novel / Elysha Chang.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781638930525 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 292 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : SJP Lit, 2023.
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| Subject: | Family secrets > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Mothers > Death > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Chang | 31681010327260 | FICTION | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | FIC Chang | 31681010327278 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Eleanor is doing just fine. Yes, she's keeping secrets from her husband. Sure, she quit her PhD program and is now conducting unauthorized research on illegitimately procured mice. And, true, her mother is dead, and Eleanor has yet to go through her things. But what else is she supposed to do? What shape can grief take when you didn't understand the person you've lost? Resisting at every turn, Eleanor tumbles blindly down a path toward confronting her present. As Eleanor's avoidance of her feelings results in a series of outrageous -- often hilarious -- choices, her actions begin to threaten all she holds most dear. Meanwhile, glimpses of Eleanor's childhood and family history in Taiwan unfurl, revealing long-held secrets, and Eleanor starts to realize that she will never be able to escape her grief, or her family, despite her wildest attempts. But will she be brave enough to withstand the reckoning she's hurtling toward? At once disarmingly provocative and compulsively readable, A Quitter's Paradise isan unexpectedly funny study of the beauty and contradictions of grief, family bonds, and self-knowledge, exploring the ways wwe unwittingly guard the secrets of our loved ones, even from ourselves."-- - Baker & Taylor
A young woman does everything she can to ignore her motherâs death, even as unearthed family secrets become increasingly inextricable from her own. - Perseus Publishing
A Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Summer Reading List Pick ⢠An NPR Critics Summer Pick ⢠A Good Morning America Pick of the Month ⢠A Good Reads Big Buzz Debut ⢠A Tertulia Staff Pick of the Month ⢠An Electric Literature Best Novel of 2023
âCompelling . . . Studded with sublime wit.â âNew York Times Book Review
âA glorious, pondering, heartbreaking, extremely funny, very special book.â âSarah Jessica Parker
In A Quitterâs Paradise, the darkly humorous debut by bold, new voice Elysha Chang, a young woman does everything she can to ignore her motherâs death, even as unearthed family secrets become increasingly inextricable from her own.
Eleanor knows sheâs been acting strangely. Sheâs dropped out of her PhD program and is ignoring calls from her husband. Lately, she finds herself walking circles in the park, leaving a trail of nuts and raisins in her wake. Itâs all, in some sense, a response to her motherâs recent death. This she knows. But Eleanor canât understand how you are supposed to grieve a mother you never understood. How do you love a person who refused to make herself known?
As Eleanor wends her way forward, we catch glimpses of the past. Eleanorâs parents emigrate from Taiwan to Queens in 1979. The couple thrives in business, importing Taiwanese-made trinkets and managing a growing number of workers at their warehouse. But Rita and Jing Liu remain confounded by the process of raising their two daughters. How do you dole out affection, discipline, protection, and care in a strange place, in a foreign tongue?
Deliciously provocative and exquisitely crafted, A Quitterâs Paradise is an intimate, intergenerational saga of American immigrant ambition, and a profound contemplation of its long afterlife. With a deft hand and a humor distinctly her own, Elysha Chang explores the extent to which we unwittingly guard the hearts of our loved ones, even from ourselves. - Random House, Inc.
A Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Summer Reading List Pick ⢠An NPR Critics Summer Pick ⢠A Good Morning America Pick of the Month ⢠A GoodReads Big Buzz Debut ⢠A Tertulia Staff Pick of the Month ⢠An Electric Literature Best Novel of 2023
âCompelling . . . Studded with sublime wit.â ?New York Times Book Review
âA glorious, pondering, heartbreaking, extremely funny, very special book.â ?Sarah Jessica Parker
In A Quitterâs Paradise, the darkly humorous debut by bold new voice Elysha Chang, a young woman does everything she can to ignore her motherâs death, even as unearthed family secrets become increasingly inextricable from her own.
Eleanor knows sheâs been acting strangely. Sheâs dropped out of her PhD program and is ignoring calls from her husband. Lately, she finds herself walking circles in the park, leaving a trail of nuts and raisins in her wake. Itâs all, in some sense, a response to her motherâs recent death. This she knows. But Eleanor canât understand how you are supposed to grieve a mother you never understood. How do you love a person who refused to make herself known?
As Eleanor wends her way forward, we catch glimpses of the past. Eleanorâs parents emigrate from Taiwan to Queens in 1979. The couple thrives in business, importing Taiwanese-made trinkets and managing a growing number of workers at their warehouse. But Rita and Jing Liu remain confounded by the process of raising their two daughters. How do you dole out affection, discipline, protection, and care in a strange place, in a foreign tongue?
Deliciously provocative and exquisitely crafted, A Quitterâs Paradise is an intimate, intergenerational saga of American immigrant ambition, and a profound contemplation of its long afterlife. With a deft hand and a humor distinctly her own, Elysha Chang explores the extent to which we unwittingly guard the hearts of our loved ones, even from ourselves.
