![]() ![]() Her debilitating fear of germs is one roadblock, sure, but it’s more that she just really has no interest in this career she’d love to own a dance studio instead. Except her parents only sparingly dole out praise and Mei doesn’t actually want to be a doctor. She should be excited to be in college and on the path to her career. ![]() Her Taiwanese immigrant parents should be proud of her. It was on my list of books I’m most looking forward to this year and it totally delivered.Īt only 17, Mei is a first-year pre-med student at MIT. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels?įrom debut author Gloria Chao comes a hilarious, heartfelt tale of how unlike the panda, life isn’t always so black and white. ![]() With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can’t bring herself to tell them the truth-that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese.īut when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. ![]()
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