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The World of Extreme Happiness (Modern Plays) by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The World of Extreme Happiness (Modern Plays) about?
When Sunny is born in rural China, her parents leave her in a slop bucket to die because she's a girl. She survives, and at 14 leaves for the city, where she works a low-paying factory job and attends self-help classes to improve her chances at securing a coveted office position. When Sunny's attempts to pull herself out of poverty lead to dire consequences for a fellow worker, she is forced to question the system she's spent her life trying to master – and stand up against the powers that be. S
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781474227735
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Drama, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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