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I ran a hand over my stomach. I was going to be sick.
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He closed the file. “Well, I can tell you, at this rate you won’t make it three years. In case it’s not obvious, dear, if you don’t do any work, you won’t be staying here. In fact, if you fail two more classes, you’ll be asked to leave the school.”
The Book:
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Pages: 260
Publication Date June 1, 2021
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Immigrant. Socialite. Magician.
Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.
But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.
Nghi Vo's debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.
The only thing I read by this author was a shorty story and I liked it. Happy weekend!
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Immerse yourself in the world of ‘The Chosen and the Beautiful’ as the protagonist grapples with academic challenges and the threat of expulsion.
Nghi Vo is a good writer. And this book is awesome!