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The New York Times Bestseller
White Ivy is magic . . . and not soon to be forgotten JOSHUA FERRIS, author of Then We Came to the End
Totally addictive, twisting and twisted: Ivy Lin will get under your skin ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said
This is Austen mixed with the hyperreal sharpness of Donna Tartt Irish Times
Ivy Lin was a thief. But you d never know it to look at her...
Ivy Lin, a Chinese immigrant growing up in a low-income apartment complex outside Boston, is desperate to assimilate with her American peers. Her parents disapprove, berating her for her mediocre grades and what they see as her lazy, entitled attitude. But Ivy has a secret weapon, her grandmother Meifeng, from whom she learns to shoplift to get the things she needs to fit in.
Ivy develops a taste for winning and for wealth. As an adult, she reconnects with the blond-haired golden boy of a prominent political family, and thinks it s fate. But just as Ivy is about to have everything she s ever wanted, a ghost from her past resurfaces, threatening the almost-perfect life she s worked so hard to build.
Filled with surprising twists, and offering sharp insights into the immigrant experience, White Ivy is both a love triangle and a coming-of-age story - as well as a dark glimpse at what can happen when we yearn for success at any cost.
MORE PRAISE FOR THIS SPELLBINDING DEBUT NOVEL:
It s a testament to Susie Yang s skill that she can explore and upend our ideas of class, race, family, and identity while moving us through a plot that twists in such wonderful ways. But none of that would matter nearly as much if not for the truly unforgettable narrator, Ivy... Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here and The Family Fang
Chock-full of compelling, exciting ideas New York Times
The genius of White Ivy is that each plot point of the romance is fulfilled but also undercut by a traumatic pratfall, described in language as bright and scarring as a wound Los Angeles Times
Dark and toxic... White Ivy takes a hold of you and doesn t let go. A book I won t forget in a hurry Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange
Frank, propulsive, clever... One of my favourite novels of the year Susannah Dickey, author of Tennis Lessons
About the Author
SUSIE YANG was born in China and came to the United States as a child. After receiving her doctorate of pharmacy from Rutgers University, she launched a tech startup in San Francisco that has taught twenty thousand people how to code. She has studied creative writing at Tin House and Sackett Street. She has lived across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and now resides in the UK. White Ivy is her first novel.
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