Sigh, I completely ruined my experience with this book. I was enjoying it SO much that I didn't want to stop, even though I had to drive to Palm Springs. I loved this plucky, determined Chinese-American girl who figures out a plan of success for herself and by extension her family, and pursues it with a single minded focus. I decided to buy the audiobook and listen to it on my drive so I wouldn't have to stop the story. 
 The narrator was so overwrought and her overly dramatic reading of every. single. line. nearly ruined the entire book for me. I made it through to the end but my level of enjoyment wasn't there. 
 Audiobook rating: 1 star 
 Book rating: 4 stars? I'm so mad at myself. I'll have to revisit this book at some point.