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Nautilus Award Gold Winner
IPPY Awards Gold Winner
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Gold Winners
Lambda Literary Awards Finalist
Winner of the University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize

"As with her previous books, 'Living Treasures' and 'My Old Faithful,' Huang's latest explores the generational push-pull of family life in post-Tiananmen…

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1 author picked My Good Son as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

What I really loved about this book in addition to what I learned about China post Tiananmen Square, was the way the characters were always surprising me. The family members in My Good Son do not always make the best decisions, which makes them more real.

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