“What a f**king amazing novel, wild like love and twice as revealing. Gish Jen has written the multigenerational mother-daughter epic of our new century. BAD BAD GIRL spans decades, oceans, continents, generations, languages, showing us we can escape almost anything - except the voice of our parents.” —Junot Diaz
“A transcendent work of art.” — The Boston Globe
“A captivating effort…brims with hard-won insights…nearly every page will have readers nodding in recognition.” — The Minnesota Star Tribune
“Heartbreaking and stunning.” - Library Journal ✪
“A great novelist distills the truth of her mother’s life, and her own… as moving as they come.” —Kirkus Reviews ✪
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“A singular intergenerational novel … Imperative for anyone interested in immigrant experiences, the complexities of family, and the art of writing personal history.” – Shelf Awareness ✪
“Mother-daughter stories are fixtures in literature, but not many are as original and slyly surreal as BAD BAD GIRL. . . one of the best you’ll encounter.” — BookPage ✪
“Astute and revelatory.” — Publisher’s Weekly ✪