03128cam a2200433 4500 2260997517 TxAuBib 20250522120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780393868081 0393868087 B098TYXMZF Amazon 2b88d2fe-3e53-49b3-99b6-e53fd1ed9c81 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6396814 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Chang, Lan Samantha. The Family Chao [Bridges eBook] : A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. contemporary fiction. fathers and sons. american dream. inheritance. own voices. patriarch. matriarch. brothers. mystery. murder . legacy. crime. HTML:<p><strong>Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award<br /> <br /> A Vogue and NPR Best Book of the Year • Featured on Barack Obama's Summer Reading List (2022)<br /> <br /> An acclaimed storyteller returns with "a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery" that explores "family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream" (Jean Kwok).</strong></p> <p>The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and their three sons earned scholarships to respectable colleges. But when the brothers reunite in Haven, the Chao family's secrets and simmering resentments erupt at last.</p> <p>Before long, brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo is found dead—presumed murdered—and his sons find they've drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town. The ensuing trial brings to light potential motives for all three brothers: Dagou, the restaurant's reckless head chef; Ming, financially successful but personally tortured; and the youngest, gentle but lost college student James. As the spotlight on the brothers tightens—and the family dog meets an unexpected fate—Dagou, Ming, and James must reckon with the legacy of their father's outsized appetites and their own future survival.</p> <p>Brimming with heartbreak, comedy, and suspense, The Family Chao offers a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant small town.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-05-21 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2b88d2fe-3e53-49b3-99b6-e53fd1ed9c81&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2b88d2fe-3e53-49b3-99b6-e53fd1ed9c81&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)