![]() Her parents pretty much have her entire future planned out: become a doctor and get a Taiwanese husband. This book tells the story of a Taiwanese-American student at MIT who is younger than her classmates. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ![]() ❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels? With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can't bring herself to tell them the truth-that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.īut when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. ![]() ![]() Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies. At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents' master plan. ![]()
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