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Title Statement | Sunshine nails: a novel / Mai Nguyen. |
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Author | Nguyen, Mai, 1988- |
Publication | Toronto, ON: Simon & Schuster Canada,2023. |
Edition | Simon & Schuster Canada edition. |
Extent of Item | 297 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781668011256 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr07026203 |
Summary | "A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up-even if it tears the family apart. Perfect for readers of Olga Dies Dreaming and The Fortunes of Jaded Women. Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a comfortable life for themselves in Toronto with their family nail salon. But when an ultra-glam chain salon opens across the street, their world is rocked. Complicating matters further, their landlord has jacked up the rent and it seems only a matter of time before they lose their business and everything they've built. They enlist the help of their daughter, Jessica, who has just returned home after a messy breakup and a messier firing. Together with their son, Dustin, and niece, Thuy, they devise some good old-fashioned sabotage. Relationships are put to the test as the line between right and wrong gets blurred. Debbie and Phil must choose: do they keep their family intact or fight for their salon? Sunshine Nails is a light-hearted, urgent fable of gentrification with a cast of memorable and complex characters who showcase the diversity of immigrant experiences and community resilience"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Families--Fiction |
Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction | |
Interpersonal relations--Fiction | |
Right and wrong--Fiction | |
Vietnamese Canadians--Fiction | |
By Location | Toronto (Ont.)--Fiction |
By Genre | Domestic fiction |
Humorous fiction | |
Novels |