Mambo in Chinatown

From Barnes & NobleCharlie Wong is a 22-year-old ABC (American Born Chinese) with a dreary present and an unpromising future. In high school, she impressed absolutely no one with either her smarts or her social skills; after graduation, she received pink slip after pink slip before finally landing a job as a somewhat less than honorable dishwasher in that same Chinatown restaurant where her noodle-making father works. Only after she becomes a receptionist and then a quick-fix dance teacher at a local studio does she find her true calling and, perhaps, her true love. This new novel by Girl in Translation author Jean Kwok grabs you by the heart and holds you close.





Library Journal06/15/2014
Drawing on personal experience, Kwok follows up her New York Times best-selling Girl in Translation with a new novel featuring 22-year-old Charlie Wong, a dishwasher who gets caught up in the world of professional ballroom dancing.