Em's Awful Good Fortune

Ems Awful Good Fortunetakes its reader across the world and deep into the heart of its trapped, privileged, suffering, and, ultimately, invincible narrator.Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prizewinning author ofThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoSet against the backdrop of the expat lifestyle, Ems Awful Good Fortune is about marriagelove and family, work and compromise, betrayal and heartbreak, resentment and resolution. Weaving back and forth in time and between cities and countries, Ems booming voicefierce, funny, and relatableis the engine that drives this story. Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Detroit, Los Angeles and SeoulEm stomps her wayaround the world on the personal journey to reimagine and reclaim her voice. True to life, this is a disorderly journeyone that ultimately leads to a new understanding of partnership and the complexity of relationships.For lovers of books by Jennifer Egan, Sally Rooney, and Elizabeth Strout.