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Isabel Turner Branch | Fiction Wang | On loan until: 22/Apr/24 |
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Title Statement | Joan is okay: a novel / Weike Wang. |
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Author | Wang, Weike |
Publication | ©2022New York, NY: Random House,[2022] |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 212 pages |
ISBN | 9780525654834 0525654836 |
Other Number | 4002254 |
Summary | Joan is a thirty-something ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital. She is intensely devoted to her work and happily solitary, but she sometimes wonders 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 according to their cultural and social expectations. After moving to the United States to secure the American dream for their children, Joan's parents have returned to China, hoping to spend the rest of their lives in their homeland now that Joan and her brother are well established in their careers. But when her father suddenly dies, a series of events sends Joan spiralling out of her comfort zone, forcing her to consider her life anew. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Hospitals--Fiction--New York (State)--New York |
Self-realization in women--Fiction | |
Fathers--Fiction--Death | |
Chinese American women--Fiction | |
Grief--Fiction | |
Women physicians--Fiction | |
By Location | New York (N.Y.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Domestic fiction |