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A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can?t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry "A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America."?Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022? Esquire, BuzzFeed, Bustle, Town & Country, Ms. magazine, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub Joan is a thirtysomething ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital. The daughter of Chinese parents who came to the United States to secure the American dream for their children, Joan is intensely devoted to her work, happily solitary, successful. She does look up sometimes and wonder where her true roots lie: at the hospital, where her white coat makes her feel needed, or with her family, who try to shape her life by their own cultural and social expectations. ? Once Joan and her brother, Fang, were established in their careers, her parents moved back to China, hoping to spend the rest of their lives in their homeland. But when Joan?s father suddenly dies and her moth

Who reads Joan Is Okay : a Novel?

Author

Weike Wang; Overdrive Inc

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780593446768

Category

humor

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.1 / 5 (1,015 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14