Fortunes of Jaded Women | 
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Troi oi, this book is fun! Simultaneously light-hearted and heartfelt, it‘s a joyful celebration of Vietnamese American culture, dynamic women, and messy families. Huynh expertly weaves each woman‘s story into a beautiful intergenerational tapestry full of chaos, healing, and love. #AuthenticBooks
#botm arrived today. I moved last week and my books are unpacked but not organized on shelves yet, so I'll just add this one to the piles 😄
pick⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ This book is about a generation of Vietnamese women whose lives have long been shaped by a “curse” - the arbitrary rules that can bind women into roles not of their own making. Fortunately, once women recognize their own agency their story can be one of redemption. If you‘re looking for a book to move your soul, pick this one up. I smirked, laughed, and cried my way through it. A bonus: I learned a lot about Vietnamese culture.
After finishing Other Birds, I started reading the tagged book last night around the campfire. It is so good! I‘m almost done with it because it hooked me. I hope to finish it on our four hour drive back home.
pickThis was a humorous book about mothers and daughters, in particular the Vietnamese American culture, but the troubles and emotions the women faced are somewhat universal. The relationships are messy and the romances are complicated, but the women are bright and opinionated and fun. My only complaint is that there are a lot of characters to keep track of...a problem I solved with a cheat sheet. I gave it 3.75/5 stars.
pickA Vietnamese family cursed to have only daughters who will then be unlucky in love, but generations later hope finally comes from a fortune teller. At first none of Duong women seem in the place to find happiness or even define what happiness would look like for themselves. Funny and smart, I wanted to throttle the characters but just as often wanted to hug them tight, although I would likely be hit by an orange if I even tried either. Out 9/6
