{"product_id":"the-family-recipe-hardcover","title":"The Family Recipe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Huynh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delightful....A funny yet poignant tale of one family's search for belonging and understanding.\" --Charmaine Wilkerson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \"sharp, smart, and gloriously extra\" (Nancy Jooyoun Kim, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author)\u003ci\u003e Good Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunes of Jaded Women\u003c\/i\u003e, a stunning family dramedy about estranged siblings competing to inherit their father's Vietnamese sandwich franchise and unravel family mysteries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuc Tran, the eccentric founder of the Vietnamese sandwich chain Duc's Sandwiches, has decided to retire. No one has heard from his wife, Evelyn, in two decades. She abandoned the family without a trace, and clearly doesn't want anything to do with Duc, the business, or their kids. But the money has to go to \u003ci\u003esomeone. \u003c\/i\u003eWith the help of the shady family lawyer, Duc informs his five estranged adult children that to receive their inheritance, his four daughters must revitalize run-down shops in old-school Little Saigon locations across America: Houston, San Jose, New Orleans, and Philadelphia--within a year. But if the first-born (and only) son, Jude, gets married first, everything will go to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each daughter is stuck in a new city, battling gentrification, declining ethnic enclaves, and messy love lives, while struggling to modernize their father's American dream. Jude wonders if he wants to marry for love or for money--or neither. As Duc's children scramble to win their inheritance, they begin to learn the real intention behind the inheritance scheme--and the secret their mother kept tucked away in the old fishing tackle box, all along. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Family Recipe \u003c\/i\u003eis about rediscovering one's roots, different types of fatherly love, legacy, and finding a place in a divided country where the only commonality among your neighbors is the universal love of sandwiches.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Huynh loves writing about messy Asian women who never learn from their mistakes. Her debut book, \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunes of Jaded Women \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e book club pick and is being adapted for television by Heyday Studios and Universal. Her sophomore book, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Recipe\u003c\/i\u003e, comes out in 2025. When she's not writing, Carolyn daydreams about having iced coffee on a rooftop in Ho Chi Minh City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.27 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52578659303731,"sku":"9781668033043","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/nZLtvXIi6v9781668033043.webp?v=1761461618","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-family-recipe-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}