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A NPR, Electric Lit, and Entropy Best Book of the Year
A Washington Post, Shondaland, NPR Books, Parade, Lit Hub, PureWow, Harper's Bazaar, PopSugar, NYLON, Alta, Ms. Magazine, Debutiful and Good Housekeeping Best Book of Fall
A perceptive and powerful debut of identity and belonging―of a young woman determined to be seen.
Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly white school, and too white to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents' early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too.
For years, Willa does her best to stifle her feelings of loneliness, drifting through high school and then college as she tries to quiet the unease inside her. But when she begins working for the Adriens-a wealthy white family in Tribeca-as a nanny for their daughter, Bijou, Willa is confronted with all of the things she never had. As she draws closer to the family and eventually moves in with them, Willa finds herself questioning who she is, and revisiting a childhood where she never felt fully at home.
Self-examining and fraught with the emotions of a family who fails and loves in equal measure, Win Me Something is a nuanced coming-of-age debut about the irreparable fissures between people, and a young woman who asks what it really means to belong, and how she might begin to define her own life.
A lovely coming-of-age story that will resonate with anyone who's felt separate, or questioned where they belong.-The Washington Post
Finely crafted.-The New York Times Book Review
Wu understands the human heart keenly, and her novel is a subtle but powerful triumph.-NPR Books
Tender and devastating.-The Atlantic
A poignant, impressive debut that should herald the rise of a literary force to be reckoned with.-Shondaland
Carefully observed and subtly devastating.-VOGUE
Winsome and tender.-Harper's Bazaar
Come to read about a live-in nanny deal with the antics of a rich family in Tribeca, stay for the nuanced exploration of identity.-NYLON
Exquisite.-Glamour
A story about growing up and finding your place in the world-or creating one of your own.-Good Housekeeping
I've never read a novel quite like Win Me Something, which is to say that I've never seen the nuances of navigating a biracial identity put, so beautifully, in fiction. . . . Readers will recognize themselves in Willa's loneliness, and they will feel that they are, finally, in good company.
-LitHub
A quietly affecting tale of family dynamics.-Library Journal
A great book that will spark lots of discussions about family, identity, and how we see ourselves.-Book Riot
A deeply moving coming-of-age novel.-Ploughshares
A stunning coming of age tale of a young woman searching for belonging and finding power in defining herself.-Electric Lit
Tender, melancholic, self-reflexive, and quietly poignant. In other words, it feels like growing up.-Necessary Fiction
A beautiful debut. . . . A powerful, introspective journey that explores race, class, and family dynamics.-Cleveland Review of Books
Feels like listening to a friend tell you about her life straightforward and true. . . . thoughtful and moving.-ZYZZYVA
[A] poignantly executed. . . . exploration of kinship of all stripes.-Departures
This poignant debut is about identity, acceptance and complicated family dynamics.-PureWow
A powerhouse debut, this nuanced coming-of-age story is for anyone who has felt hypervisible and invisible, inside and outside, seen and unseen.-Ms. Magazine
Intelligently crafted.-The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Superb. . . . This gorgeously written quiet and evocative character study subtly looks at family, belonging, race, and class.-School Library Journal
Willa's story-and figuring out her sense
A Washington Post, Shondaland, NPR Books, Parade, Lit Hub, PureWow, Harper's Bazaar, PopSugar, NYLON, Alta, Ms. Magazine, Debutiful and Good Housekeeping Best Book of Fall
A perceptive and powerful debut of identity and belonging―of a young woman determined to be seen.
Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly white school, and too white to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents' early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too.
For years, Willa does her best to stifle her feelings of loneliness, drifting through high school and then college as she tries to quiet the unease inside her. But when she begins working for the Adriens-a wealthy white family in Tribeca-as a nanny for their daughter, Bijou, Willa is confronted with all of the things she never had. As she draws closer to the family and eventually moves in with them, Willa finds herself questioning who she is, and revisiting a childhood where she never felt fully at home.
Self-examining and fraught with the emotions of a family who fails and loves in equal measure, Win Me Something is a nuanced coming-of-age debut about the irreparable fissures between people, and a young woman who asks what it really means to belong, and how she might begin to define her own life.
A lovely coming-of-age story that will resonate with anyone who's felt separate, or questioned where they belong.-The Washington Post
Finely crafted.-The New York Times Book Review
Wu understands the human heart keenly, and her novel is a subtle but powerful triumph.-NPR Books
Tender and devastating.-The Atlantic
A poignant, impressive debut that should herald the rise of a literary force to be reckoned with.-Shondaland
Carefully observed and subtly devastating.-VOGUE
Winsome and tender.-Harper's Bazaar
Come to read about a live-in nanny deal with the antics of a rich family in Tribeca, stay for the nuanced exploration of identity.-NYLON
Exquisite.-Glamour
A story about growing up and finding your place in the world-or creating one of your own.-Good Housekeeping
I've never read a novel quite like Win Me Something, which is to say that I've never seen the nuances of navigating a biracial identity put, so beautifully, in fiction. . . . Readers will recognize themselves in Willa's loneliness, and they will feel that they are, finally, in good company.
-LitHub
A quietly affecting tale of family dynamics.-Library Journal
A great book that will spark lots of discussions about family, identity, and how we see ourselves.-Book Riot
A deeply moving coming-of-age novel.-Ploughshares
A stunning coming of age tale of a young woman searching for belonging and finding power in defining herself.-Electric Lit
Tender, melancholic, self-reflexive, and quietly poignant. In other words, it feels like growing up.-Necessary Fiction
A beautiful debut. . . . A powerful, introspective journey that explores race, class, and family dynamics.-Cleveland Review of Books
Feels like listening to a friend tell you about her life straightforward and true. . . . thoughtful and moving.-ZYZZYVA
[A] poignantly executed. . . . exploration of kinship of all stripes.-Departures
This poignant debut is about identity, acceptance and complicated family dynamics.-PureWow
A powerhouse debut, this nuanced coming-of-age story is for anyone who has felt hypervisible and invisible, inside and outside, seen and unseen.-Ms. Magazine
Intelligently crafted.-The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Superb. . . . This gorgeously written quiet and evocative character study subtly looks at family, belonging, race, and class.-School Library Journal
Willa's story-and figuring out her sense