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The Family Recipe
The Family Recipe: A Novel | Carolyn Huynh
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Delightful....A funny yet poignant tale of one familys search for belonging and understanding. Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author From the author of the sharp, smart, and gloriously extra (Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times bestselling author) Good Morning America Book Club Pick The Fortunes of Jaded Women, a stunning family dramedy about estranged siblings competing to inherit their fathers Vietnamese sandwich franchise and unravel family mysteries. Duc Tran, the eccentric founder of the Vietnamese sandwich chain Ducs Sandwiches, has decided to retire. No one has heard from his wife, Evelyn, in two decades. She abandoned the family without a trace, and clearly doesnt want anything to do with Duc, the business, or their kids. But the money has to go to someone. With the help of the shady family lawyer, Duc informs his five estranged adult children that to receive their inheritance, his four daughters must revitalize run-down shops in old-school Little Saigon locations across America: Houston, San Jose, New Orleans, and Philadelphiawithin a year. But if the first-born (and only) son, Jude, gets married first, everything will go to him. Each daughter is stuck in a new city, battling gentrification, declining ethnic enclaves, and messy love lives, while struggling to modernize their fathers American dream. Jude wonders if he wants to marry for love or for moneyor neither. As Ducs children scramble to win their inheritance, they begin to learn the real intention behind the inheritance schemeand the secret their mother kept tucked away in the old fishing tackle box, all along. The Family Recipe is about rediscovering ones roots, different types of fatherly love, legacy, and finding a place in a divided country where the only commonality among your neighbors is the universal love of sandwiches.
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Amor4Libros
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Panpan

I went into this one with such high expectations after loving the author‘s first novel. Unfortunately, I struggled with the story.

Too many POVs and backstories made it hard for me to keep everyone‘s story straight. It also made the book too long and all I kept wishing was for the story to end.

Will keep reading this author in the future, this one just didn‘t work for me.

2.5⭐️ #arc #NetGalley

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Mpcacher
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Pickpick

This story is set in 2 time periods and is told from many POVs. The historical part is inspired by some real-life conflicts between Vietnamese refugees and the KKK that occurred in Texas in 1981. I found the book to be entertaining, and a worthy read but wanted to connect more with the characters in the present-day setting. Unfortunately, there were simple too many of them, thus diluting their stories. Thank you to Edelweiss+ for the ARC. 3.5/5

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Amor4Libros
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Starting this…Seems like it‘s going to be all kinds of messy and I‘m here for it!!