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100 1  Tan, Lucy,|eauthor. 
245 10 What we were promised /|cLucy Tan. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bLittle, Brown and Company,|c2018. 
300    328 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    Set in modern Shanghai, a debut by a Chinese-American 
       writer about a prodigal son whose unexpected return forces
       his newly wealthy family to confront painful secrets and 
       unfulfilled promises. After years of chasing the American 
       dream, the Zhen family has moved back to China. Settling 
       into a luxurious serviced apartment in Shanghai, Wei, Lina,
       and their daughter, Karen, join an elite community of 
       Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals who have 
       returned to a radically transformed city. One morning, in 
       the eighth tower of Lanson Suites, Lina discovers that a 
       treasured ivory bracelet has gone missing. This incident 
       sets off a wave of unease that ripples throughout the Zhen
       household. Wei, a marketing strategist, bows under the 
       guilt of not having engaged in nobler work. Meanwhile, 
       Lina, lonely in her new life of leisure, assumes the 
       modern moniker taitai-a housewife who does no housework at
       all. She is haunted by the circumstances surrounding her 
       arranged marriage to Wei and her lingering feelings for 
       his brother, Qiang. Sunny, the family's housekeeper, is a 
       keen but silent observer of these tensions. An unmarried 
       woman trying to carve a place for herself in society, she 
       understands the power of well-kept secrets. When Qiang 
       reappears in Shanghai after decades on the run with a 
       local gang, the family must finally come to terms with the
       past and its indelible mark on their futures. From a silk-
       producing village in rural China, up the corporate ladder 
       in suburban America, and back again to the post-Maoist 
       nouveaux riches of modern Shanghai, What We Were Promised 
       explores the question of what we owe to our country, our 
       families, and ourselves. 
650  0 Families|zChina|vFiction. 
651  0 Shanghai (China)|vFiction. 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
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