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Sarong Party Girls

by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Sarong Party Girls
Sarong Party Girls

Singapore glitz meets tradition in modern woman’s quest.

If you're captivated by the allure and energy of modern Asia mixed with the pursuit of status and love, "Sarong Party Girls" is a match. Jazzy's character is a blend of ambition and vulnerability set against the backdrop of contemporary Singapore, where societal expectations collide head-on with the pursuit of the high life. The book's use of Singlish adds an authentic layer of charm, immersing you in Jazzy's world in a way that is both entertaining and thought-provoking.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Sarong Party Girls

by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
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ISBN: 9780062499394
Authors: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Publisher: William Morrow
Date of Publication: 2016-07-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Romance
Related Topics: Humor, Chick Lit
Goodreads rating: 3.13
(rated by 2033 readers)

Description

A sensational and utterly engaging novel—Breakfast at Tiffany’s 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. On 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 expat ang moh—Caucasian—husbands, with Chanel babies (half-white children—the ultimate status symbol) quickly to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky, and cheerfully brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a woman who plays to win. As she fervently pursues her quest to find the right husband, this driven 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 crowded hawker centers. Moving through her colorful, stratified world, she realizes she cannot ignore the troubling incongruity of new money and old-world attitudes that threatens to crush her dreams. Can Jazzy use her cunning and good looks to rise up the ladder in Asia’s international capital? Vividly told in Singlish—colorful Singaporean English with its distinctive cadence and slang—Sarong Party Girls brilliantly captures the unique voice of this young, striving woman caught
 

Singapore glitz meets tradition in modern woman’s quest.

If you're captivated by the allure and energy of modern Asia mixed with the pursuit of status and love, "Sarong Party Girls" is a match. Jazzy's character is a blend of ambition and vulnerability set against the backdrop of contemporary Singapore, where societal expectations collide head-on with the pursuit of the high life. The book's use of Singlish adds an authentic layer of charm, immersing you in Jazzy's world in a way that is both entertaining and thought-provoking.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.