{"product_id":"9780593689653","title":"Bad Bad Girl: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGish’s mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaid—far closer to her than her real mother—is torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: “Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!” Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English name—Agnes—but a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But proud as he is, he can only sigh, “Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot.” Agnes finds solace in books and in 1947 announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sail—never to return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrain—“Bad bad girl!”—as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning continents, generations, and cultures, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBad Bad Girl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as incisive as it is compassionate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52721140662503,"sku":"Fiction: China","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/41154ukvxiL._SY445_SX342_FMwebp.webp?v=1790809646","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/zh-hans\/products\/9780593689653","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}