"If you love stories about messy women who never learn from their mistakes, this book has a cast of over 14+ Vietnamese women who are all trying to find themselves, while trying to navigate complicated family dynamics," Huynh told "GMA." "Speaking of mess, their love lives are even messier. This prophecy will supposedly reunite estranged family members - but will it mark the end to a curse that's haunted Mai's family for generations?
Although Mai's three adult daughters are successful in their careers, they are far less lucky in love.ĭesperate for guidance, Mai turns to a trusted psychic who delivers an unexpected prediction: The family will witness a marriage, a funeral, and the birth of a son. Mai Nguyen is divorced and estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham and Khuyen Lam. Generations later and the curse still permeates throughout the lives of Oanh's current descendants. The curse ensured that Oanh's descendants "would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons." The Duong sisters' misfortune began with their ancestor, Oanh, who left her marriage for true love, resulting in a witch cursing Oanh and her descendants. Huynh's debut novel "follows a family of estranged Vietnamese women - cursed to never know love or happiness - as they reunite, for better or for worse, after a psychic makes a startling prediction," according to the book's publisher, Atria Books. Huynh's debut novel 'follows a family of estranged Vietnamese women - cursed to never know love or happiness - as they reunite, for better or for worse, after a psychic makes a startling prediction,' according to the book's publisher, Atria Books. "The Fortunes of Jaded Women," the debut novel from author Carolyn Huynh, is our "Good Morning America" Book Club pick for September.
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