{"product_id":"sarong-party-girls-paperback","title":"Sarong Party Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCheryl Lu-Lien Tan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant and utterly engaging novel--\u003cem\u003eEmma\u003c\/em\u003e set in modern Asia--about a young woman's rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with heady modern materialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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 rich \u003cem\u003eang moh\u003c\/em\u003e--Western expat--husbands, with Chanel babies (the cutest status symbols of all) quickly to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky, and vulgarly brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a determined woman who doesn't lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she fervently pursues her quest to find a white husband, this bombastic 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 seedy hawker centers. Moving through her colorful, stratified world, she realizes she cannot ignore the troubling incongruity of new money and old-world attitudes which threaten to crush her dreams. Desperate to move up in Asia's financial and international capital, will Jazzy and her friends succeed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly told in Singlish--colorful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang--\u003cem\u003eSarong Party Girls\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly captures the unique voice of this young, striving woman caught between worlds. With remarkable vibrancy and empathy, Cheryl Tan brings not only Jazzy, but her city of Singapore, to dazzling, dizzying life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sensational and utterly engaging novel about a young woman's rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with modern materialism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the edge of twenty-seven, Jazzy hatches a plan for her and her best girlfriends. Before the year is out, these Sarong Party Girls will all have spectacular weddings to expat \u003cem\u003eang moh\u003c\/em\u003e--Caucasian--husbands, with Chanel babies (half-white children--the ultimate status symbol) quickly to follow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRazor-sharp, spunky, and cheerfully brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a woman who plays to win. 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