The Family Chao

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"[Chang] lives and writes to push the boundaries of her craft and her world... Her new novel is a genre bender: a murder story whose prose sings and snickers and soars as engagingly as Chang’s literary fiction."
― Meredith Maran, Washington Post

"The Family Chao is a riveting character-driven novel that delves beautifully into human psychology; Dostoevsky himself would surely approve."
― Ilana Masad, NPR

"A playful literary romp with a serious heart. Ostensibly it's a murder mystery...but it’s also an exploration of genre, of literary types and stereotypes, and the impact of these types on the hopes and dreams of its characters... The action soars... Chang’s narrative [is] operatic and subversive."
― May-Lee Chai, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"A hilarious mystery that's also a searing take on assimilation and the American dream."
― People Magazine

"[Chang] turns the tired truism about every town having a Chinese restaurant on its head... Beautifully executed."
― Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times