White Ivy
A Novel
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: 354 pages ; 24 cm
Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar—but you’d never know it by looking at her. Raised outside of Boston, she is taught how to pilfer items from yard sales and second-hand shops by her immigrant grandmother. Thieving allows Ivy to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen—and, most importantly, to attract the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political family. But when Ivy’s mother discovers her trespasses, punishment is swift and Ivy is sent to China, where her dream instantly evaporates. Years later, Ivy has grown into a poised yet restless young woman, haunted by her conflicting feelings about her upbringing and her family. Back in Boston, when she bumps into Sylvia Speyer, Gideon’s sister, a reconnection with Gideon seems not only inevitable—it feels like fate.
Subjects:
Chinese American women -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Theft -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
Chinese American women -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Theft -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781982100599