Tan, Cheryl Lu-lien creator author. text Fiction. Novels. Fiction. Romance fiction. Romance fiction. nyu 2016 First Edition. monographic eng

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308 pages ; 24 cm On the edge of twenty-seven, Jazzy hatches a plan for her and her best girlfriends: Sher, Imo, and Fann. Before the year is out, these Sarong Party Girls will all have spectacular weddings to expat ang moh-- caucasian-- husbands, with Chanel babies (half-white children--the ultimate status symbol) quickly to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky, and cheerfully brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a woman who plays to win. As she fervently pursues her quest to find the right husband, this driven yet tenderly vulnerable gold digger reveals the contentious gender politics and class tensions thrumming beneath the shiny exterior of Singapore's glamorous nightclubs and busy streets, its grubby wet markets and crowded hawker centers. Moving through her colorful, stratified world, she realizes she cannot ignore the troubling incongruity of new money and old-world attitudes that threatens to crush her dreams. Can Jazzy use her cunning and good looks to rise up the ladder in Asia's international capital? Vividly told in Singlish-- colorful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang-- Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of this young, striving woman caught between worlds. With remarkable vibrancy and empathy, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan brings not only Jazzy, but her city of Singapore, to dazzling, dizzying life.--Page 2 of cover. adult CHERYL LU - LIEN TAN a-si--- International business enterprises Social aspects Fiction Fashion Singapore Fiction Dating (Social customs) Singapore Fiction Dating (Social customs) Singapore Fiction Fashion Singapore Fiction International business enterprises Social aspects Fiction FICTION / Contemporary Women FICTION / Cultural Heritage FICTION / Family Life Dating (Social customs) Fashion International business enterprises Social aspects Singaporean fiction Women Singapore Fiction Singapore Fiction Singapore Singapore Social life and customs Fiction PS3620.A6833 S27 2016 813.6 006244896X (hardcover) 9780062448965 (hardcover) 9780062499394 (softcover) 0062499394 (softcover) 9780062499394 2017275069 YDXCP 170406 20190418110155.0 19586991 eng