Sunshine nails : a novel / Mai Nguyen.
"A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up-even if it tears the family apart. Perfect for readers of Olga Dies Dreaming and The Fortunes of Jaded Women. Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a comfortable life for themselves in Toronto with their family nail salon. But when an ultra-glam chain salon opens across the street, their world is rocked. Complicating matters further, their landlord has jacked up the rent and it seems only a matter of time before they lose their business and everything they've built. They enlist the help of their daughter, Jessica, who has just returned home after a messy breakup and a messier firing. Together with their son, Dustin, and niece, Thuy, they devise some good old-fashioned sabotage. Relationships are put to the test as the line between right and wrong gets blurred. Debbie and Phil must choose: do they keep their family intact or fight for their salon? Sunshine Nails is a light-hearted, urgent fable of gentrification with a cast of memorable and complex characters who showcase the diversity of immigrant experiences and community resilience"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668011256 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 297 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2023.
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Subject: | Families > Fiction. Family-owned business enterprises > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Right and wrong > Fiction. Vietnamese Canadians > Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Humorous fiction. Novels. |
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