Friday, July 19, 2019

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang


Title: The Bride Test
Author: Helen Hoang
Genre: Romance, Contemporary

Khai Diep is on the autistic spectrum: he avoids touch, he likes an organized life, and he believes that he cannot feel things the way others do because something about him is broken. Khai's mom believes nothing of the sort so she is on a mission to bring him home a suitable wife on her next trip back from Vietnam.

Esme Tran is a second generation single mother cleaning bathrooms in Ho Chi Minh City when she's interviewed by Khai's mom in the lounge of her assigned restroom. She is shown the picture of a handsome young man and told that if she can woo him before the end of summer, she can earn herself a better life in the U.S. 

As Esme disrupts Khai's carefully orchestrated life, will he embrace the chaos and open his heart? Will Esme find the father that returned to America not knowing Esme was conceived? Take The Bride Test to find out.

- Sarah R.

Check out The Bride Test @ the library.