{"id":2360,"date":"2016-12-07T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2020-03-04T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:48:07","slug":"wangs-vs-world-jade-chang-witty-journey-bankrupt-family-across-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/wangs-vs-world-jade-chang-witty-journey-bankrupt-family-across-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wangs vs the World by Jade Chang – Witty Journey of a Bankrupt Family across America"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Charles Wang, a businessman, realises he has lost all his money, he packs what he can into a car and sets off to seek shelter in the house of his elder daughter. On the way the Wang family realises what it means to stand for each other.<\/p>\n
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The Wangs vs the World\u00a0<\/em>is Jade Chang\u2019s debut novel about the Wang family. Charles Wang is an incredibly successful business man who came over from China and made his fortune in the make-up industry in the United States. The business suffers a huge blow with the onset of recession coupled with some bad investment decisions and he is left penniless. Not just him, he has to withdraw his daughter, Grace, and son, Andrew, \u00a0from school because he cannot afford to pay the tuitions. (as well as give up their cars because there is no money). Yes! Whoosh \u2013 Everything you might call wealth disappears overnight for the Wangs. Completely broke, Charles starts a journey across America to pick up his two youngest children from school, and drive towards his eldest daughter, Saina\u2019s home, which is \u00a0the only place they can go. \u00a0Along the way, the masks the family members have worn peel off and they rediscover what it means to be family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n