Happy Families: The heart-warming and hilarious winner of Richard & Judy's Search for a Bestseller 2020
Julie Ma
Happy Families: The heart-warming and hilarious winner of Richard & Judy’s Search for a Bestseller 2020
Julie Ma
Set in rural Wales, Happy Families shines a tender, funny and heartwarming light on the lives of three generations of a Chinese immigrant family. Refreshing and original, this is perfect for fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Rosie Project and Gavin & Stacey.
When was the last time you paid much attention to the person behind the counter of your local Chinese takeaway?
Amy is thirty-four and has just given up her glittering career in the big (Welsh) city to move back in with her grandfather, returning to work in the small-town Chinese takeaway where she spent her bookish and boring childhood. Why? That’s a secret she won’t tell.
Just like the secret of why her grandfather, Ah Goong, and her faith, TC Li, haven’t spoken to each other in thirty years. Weirder still, they’ve lived in the same small flat above the takeaway for the majority of those years, with Amy’s mother Joan acting as their unfortunate go-between and buffer.
Now Amy’s parents have moved, leaving her in charge of looking after the old man. But then Ah Goong collapses in the street and time is running out if Amy wants to play happy families before it’s too late.
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