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Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen review – why was my mother so cruel to me?

The Guardian 23 Dec 2025
At first glance, the protagonist of Gish Jen’s latest novel seems like many of the other Chinese American immigrants Jen has portrayed so astutely in her decades-long career ... she happens to be Jen’s own mother.
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Gish Jen seeks to understand her abusive mother’s life in ‘Bad Bad Girl’

Daily Bulletin 21 Oct 2025
Gish Jen has been publishing novels and short stories since 1991, when her debut, “Typical American,” was nominated for a National Book Critics’ Circle Award ... Gish Jen in conversation with Lisa See.
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Gish Jen and her mother never got along. In ‘Bad Bad Girl,’ she tries to ...

The Los Angeles Times 17 Oct 2025
Gish Jen’s remarkable and heartbreaking latest book, “Bad Bad Girl,” may prompt a flood of feelings not felt since adolescence ... Among the pearls of wisdom that stick with Jen, their eldest girl and a keen observer of her parents.
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