“A dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise novel about the
seductive powers—and dangers—of borrowed ambition.” —Celeste Ng, #1
bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere
“Gold Diggers is
so many things—truly funny, insightful, smart, and filled with
wonderful characters. I loved reading this novel.” —Ann Napolitano,
bestselling author of Dear Edward
Named a Best Book of April by Bustle • PopSugar • Entertainment Weekly • Good Morning America • CNN... and more
How far would you go for a piece of the American dream?
A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers skewers
the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about
immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition.
A
floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era
Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is funny and smart but struggles to bear
the weight of expectations of his family and their Asian American
enclave. He tries to want their version of success, but mostly, Neil
just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal.
When
he discovers that Anita is the beneficiary of an ancient, alchemical
potion made from stolen gold—a “lemonade” that harnesses the ambition of
the gold’s original owner—Neil sees his chance to get ahead. But events
spiral into a tragedy that rips their community apart. Years later in
the Bay Area, Neil still bristles against his community's
expectations—and finds he might need one more hit of that lemonade, no
matter the cost.
Sanjena Sathian’s astonishing debut offers a
fine-grained, profoundly intelligent, and bitingly funny investigation
into what's required to make it in America.
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