The novel draws inspiration from Wen's work in Silicon Valley, with a girl trying to navigate her fashion interests and interests in AI.Ībigail Hing Wen was born Abigail Geraldine Lim Hing in Wheeling, West Virginia as a daughter of immigrants.
Wen's companion novel, Loveboat Reunion, follows two of the main characters from Loveboat, Taipei as they reconnect and write their own futures on a wild, unexpected reunion. It is a coming-of-age story exploring love, family, multifaceted identity and intersectionality. Loveboat, Taipei follows the journey of an Asian American teen whose parents send her from Ohio to Taipei to study Mandarin for the summer at a program nicknamed Loveboat. It debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List where it remained for multiple weeks and has been adapted for film by ACE Entertainment. Her debut young adult novel, Loveboat, Taipei, was purchased in a multi-house auction by HarperCollins in a two-book deal, along with Loveboat Reunion. Sweeping, glamorous, and deeply soulful, this companion to the New York Times bestselling novel Loveboat, Taipei and Loveboat Reunion will reunite readers with their favorite characters, in a thrilling new journey of romance, self-discovery, and empowerment. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen.Author, public speaker on venture capital and artificial intelligenceĪbigail Hing Wen (邢立美 born 1977) is an American writer, film producer, lawyer, and speaker. and a summer that will change her forever. Where better to revamp her “brand” than at Chien Tan, the Taipei summer program for elite students that rocketed her older sister, Ever, on a path to romance and self-fulfillment years ago.īut as the alumni know, Chien Tan is actually Loveboat-the extravagant world where prodigies party till dawn-and there’s more awaiting Pearl there than she could have ever imagined, like a scandalous party in the dark, a romantic entanglement with a mysterious suitor.
Seventeen-year-old music prodigy Pearl Wong had the summer of her dreams planned-until a fall from grace leaves her in need of new plans… and a new image.
Return to the sparkling world of Loveboat, this time with Pearl Wong, on an entirely new, romantic, whirlwind adventure from Abigail Hing Wen, New York Times bestselling author of Loveboat, Taipei, soon to be a major motion picture.
0 kommentar(er)
