{"product_id":"bad-bad-girl-hardcover","title":"Bad Bad Girl - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGish Jen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Resisters \u003c\/i\u003ereturns with an engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy mother had died, but still I heard her voice. . . \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGish's mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaid--far more loving to than her real mother--is torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: \"Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!\" Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English name--Agnes--but a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But even then he can only sigh, \"Too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot.\" Agnes finds solace in books and, in 1947, announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sail--never to return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-Pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrain--\"Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!\"--as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning continents, generations, and cultures, \u003ci\u003eBad Bad Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wise, and as immensely incisive as it is compassionate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGISH JEN is the author of five novels, two books of stories, and two works of nonfiction. Her honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Fulbright Foundation, as well as the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction and the Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her stories have been chosen for \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e five times, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e; she has also delivered the William E. Massey, Sr., Lectures in American Studies at Harvard University. She and her husband split their time between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.29 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987501941037,"sku":"9780593803738","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Y75i-8Gs1m9780593803738.webp?v=1776179100","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/bad-bad-girl-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}