WHITE IVY

The New York Times Bestseller, November 2020White Ivy is magic . . . and not soon to be forgotten JOSHUA FERRIS, author of Then We Came to the EndTotally addictive, twisting and twisted: Ivy Lin will get under your skin ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She SaidThis is Austen mixed with the hyperreal sharpness of Donna Tartt Irish TimesIvy Lin was a thief. But youd never know it to look at her...Ivy Lin, a Chinese immigrant growing up in a low-income apartment complex outside Boston, is desperate to assimilate with her American peers. Her parents disapprove, berating her for her mediocre grades and what they see as her lazy, entitled attitude. But Ivy has a secret weapon, her grandmother Meifeng, from whom she learns to shoplift to get the things she needs to fit in.Ivy develops a taste for winning and for wealth. As an adult, she reconnects with the blond-haired golden boy of a prominent political family, and thinks its fate. But just as Ivy is about to have everything shes ever wanted, a ghost from her past resurfaces, threatening the almost-perfect life shes worked so hard to build.Filled with surprising twists, and offering sharp insights into the immigrant experience, White Ivy is both a love triangle and a coming-of-age story - as well as a dark glimpse at what can happen when we yearn for success at any cost.MORE PRAISE FOR THIS SPELLBINDING DEBUT NOVEL:Its a testament to Susie Yangs skill that she can explore and upend our ideas of class, race, family, and identity while moving us through a plot that twists in such wonderful ways. But none of that would matter nearly as much if not for the truly unforgettable narrator, Ivy... Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here and The Family FangChock-full of compelling, exciting ideas New York TimesThe genius of White Ivy is that each plot point of the romance is fulfilled but also undercut by a traumatic pratfall, described in language as bright and scarring as a wound Los Angeles TimesDark and toxic... White Ivy takes a hold of you and doesnt let go. A book I wont forget in a hurry Harriet Tyce, author of Blood OrangeFrank, propulsive, clever... One of my favourite novels of the year Susannah Dickey, author of Tennis Lessons