But Mai is warned that if she isn’t careful, it will also be the year she loses everything. The sisters’ relationships with their own daughters are hardly any better.Īll this changes when Mai visits her trusted psychic adviser in Hawaii and is rocked by the revelation that this will be the year her family experiences a marriage, a funeral and the birth of a son. Despite all living in Orange County, California, sisters Mai, Minh and Khuy n haven’t spoken to one another-or to their mother-for the last 10 years.
Oanh’s current living relatives are therefore able to find professional success but never lasting love. Rather than retreading the conflict that has been the focus of most Vietnam-centric literature for the past 70 years, Vietnamese American author Carolyn Huynh offers up a refreshingly buoyant and irreverent debut novel about a fiery group of estranged mothers and daughters.Įver since their ancestor Oanh left her husband for another man, the Duong women have been cursed to be unlucky in love and only give birth to daughters. This prophecy will reunite estranged mothers, daughters, aunts and cousins - for better or for worse.įilled with joy and humour, The Fortunes of Jaded Women is about mourning, meddling, celebrating and healing together as a family.A war bubbles at the core of The Fortunes of Jaded Women, but perhaps not the one you’d expect. Mai’s three adult daughters, Priscilla, Thuy and Thao, are successful in their careers, but the same can’t be said for their love life.ĭesperate for guidance, she consults Auntie Hua, her trusted psychic, who delivers an unexpected prediction: this year, her family will witness a marriage, a funeral and the birth of a son. She’s divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she’s estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and the mediator) and Khuyen Lam (the youngest who swears she just runs humble coffee shops and nail salons … not Little Saigon’s underground). Oanh’s current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. Their ancestor Oanh dared to leave her marriage for true love - and was cursed for it: her descendants are doomed never to find love or happiness, and to give birth only to daughters, never sons. Everyone in Orange County’s Little Saigon knew that the Duong sisters were cursed.
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