Sunshine Nails
A Novel
New York : Atria Books, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description: 297 pages ; 24 cm
"A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high end salon opens up--even if it tears the family apart. Perfect for readers of Olga Dies Dreaming and The Fortunes of Jaded Women. Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have built a comfortable life for themselves in Toronto with their family nail salon. But when an ultra-glam chain salon opens across the street, their world is rocked. Complicating matters further, their landlord has jacked up the rent and it seems only a matter of time before they lose their business and everything they've built. They enlist the help of their daughter, Jessica, who has just returned home after a messy breakup and a messier firing. Together with their son, Dustin, and niece, Thuy, they devise some good old-fashioned sabotage. Relationships are put to the test as the line between right and wrong gets blurred. Debbie and Phil must choose: do they keep their family intact or fight for their salon? Sunshine Nails is a light-hearted, urgent fable of gentrification with a cast of memorable and complex characters who showcase the diversity of immigrant experiences and community resilience"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Canada -- Fiction.
Vietnamese -- Canada -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Manicuring -- Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Canada -- Fiction.
Vietnamese -- Canada -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Manicuring -- Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781668010495
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Nguyen | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Fiction | In |
F Nguyễn | Cooper (Forest Acres) | New, Fiction | In |
F Nguyen | Northeast Indoors | Fiction | In |
F Nguyen | Sandhills Indoors | New, Fiction | Out (Due: 5/20/2024) |
F Nguyen | St. Andrews Indoors | New, Fiction | In |