Book : Four Aunties And A Wedding - Sutanto, Jesse Q.

-Titulo Original : Four Aunties And A Wedding

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Berkley

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The aunties are back, fiercer than ever and ready to handle any catastrophe-even the mafia-in this delightful and hilarious sequel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties.Meddy Chan has been to countless weddings, but she never imagined how her own would turn out. Now the day has arrived, and she cant wait to marry her college sweetheart, Nathan. Instead of having Ma and the aunts cater to her wedding, Meddy wants them to enjoy the day as guests. As a compromise, they find the perfect wedding vendors: a Chinese-Indonesian family-run company just like theirs. Meddy is hesitant at first, but she hits it off right away with the wedding photographer, Staphanie, who reminds Meddy of herself, down to the unfortunately misspelled name.Meddy realizes that is where their similarities end, however, when she overhears Staphanie talking about taking out a target. Horrified, Meddy can’t believe Staphanie and her family aren’t just like her own, they are The Family-actual mafia, and theyre using Meddys wedding as a chance to conduct shady business. Her aunties and mother won’t let Meddy’s wedding ceremony become a murder scene-over their dead bodies-and will do whatever it takes to save her special day, even if it means taking on the mafia. Review Meddy Chan and her indomitable aunties are back in the hilarious Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto.-PopSugar“Sutanto deftly blends preposterous humor (British slang, mafia posers) with enduring devotion to prove ‘there is no right or wrongway to ‘being Asian.’”-Booklist“Charming, chaotic, and sometimes ridiculous, this tale will appeal to anyone who both adores and is embarrassed by their family, which is just about everyone.”-Publishers Weekly“You cant help but get a kick out of the auntie’s outrageous stunts and their even bigger hearts. Keep your friends close and these four aunties closer.”-KirkusSutanto pushes you to the edge of your seat with this suspenseful rom-com that infuses humor and heritage.-USA TodayTheres a kind of magic to Sutantos writing… She tackles complicated issues of culture and family ties while also creating convoluted plotlines thatll make you squeal with laughter.-The Wellesley NewsHeart, humor, and the mafia...this saga has it all!-Womans World About the Author Jesse Q. Sutanto grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore, and Oxford, and considers all three places her home. She has a Masters from Oxford University, but she has yet to figure out how to say that without sounding obnoxious. Jesse has forty-two first cousins and thirty aunties and uncles, many of whom live just down the road. When shes not writing, shes gaming with her husband (mostly first-person shooters), or making a mess in the kitchen with her two daughters. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 I try not to breathe as the last corset hook is yanked into place. Ow, thats digging into my rib cage. Yenyen huffs a breath through his teeth and gives one last vicious tug, which forces a squeak out of me. In the past, brides would break their ribs to fit into their wedding dresses, he says, and it strikes me that hes not saying it in a horrified tone, but rather a wistful one, which is somewhat worrying. How do you feel? I risk breathing again, and to my surprise, despite the torturous time I had getting stuffed into the dress, once Im in, its actually-dare I say it-comfortable. What sort of black magic is this? I couldve sworn I would hardly be able to take even the tiniest sip of air. I blink at him in surprise. I can breathe in it. I cant quite see his eyes behind the round, purple-tinted sunglasses, but Im pretty sure I hear them roll. Aduuuh, of course you can breathe in it, silly. Yenyens creations arent just beautiful, theyre also built for maximum comfort. I cant help but smile at him. Yenyen has a tendency to refer to himself in third person, wh