{"product_id":"you-cant-stay-here-forever-a-novel-isbn-9780063241435","title":"You Can't Stay Here Forever: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a must-read book of summer by: \u003cem\u003eGood Morning America,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePeople, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe, \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer \u003c\/em\u003eand one of the best books of the year by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth, modern friendship, and romance that blends Sally Rooney’s wryness and psychological insight with Emma Straub's gorgeous scene-setting and rich relationships.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he had a mistress—one of her own colleagues at a prestigious San Francisco law firm. Acting on impulse—or is it grief? rage? Probably all three—Ellie cashes in Ian’s life insurance policy for an extended stay at the luxurious Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Accompanying her is her free-spirited best friend, Mable Chou.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllie hopes that the five-star resort on the French Riviera, with its stunning clientele and floral-scented cocktails, will be a heady escape from the real world. And at first it is. She and Mable meet an intriguing couple, Fauna and Robbie, and as their poolside chats roll into wine-soaked dinners, the four become increasingly intimate. But the sunlit getaway soon turns into a reckoning for Ellie, as long-simmering tensions and uncomfortable truths swirl to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the reader from San Francisco to the gilded luxury of the south of France, \u003cem\u003eYou Can’t Stay Here Forever\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharply funny and exciting debut that explores the slippery nature of marriage, the push and pull between friends, and the interplay of race and privilege, seen through the eyes of a young Asian American woman.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Don't miss this trip.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople, \"Our Must-Reads for Summer\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lin's treatment of the glamorous, decadent setting, with its stream of gourmet meals and artisanal cocktails, is far from escapist . . . .vshe has complicated things to say about privilege and its intersection with race, ambition, and identity. A probing, astute portrayal of a fraught and late-blooming coming-of-age.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A beautiful, atmospheric read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A subtle, character-driven story about interracial marriage . . . and opposites-attract friendship. . . . Through memories, Lin skillfully reveals Ellie and Ian’s marriage of contrasts. . . . Lin is deft and never overbearing in her handling of race.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Transportive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Signals a captivating new voice on the literary scene.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEast Bay Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A probing, astute portrayal of a fraught and late-blooming coming-of-age.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Feel like taking a trip to Hotel du Cap in the south of France? Just open up Katherine Lin's new novel about female friendship, identity, ambition and love….[a] beautiful, atmospheric read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An entertaining escape.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lin’s debut is a heartwarming novel about self-discovery after loss, as she explores grief, deep disappointment, female relationships, and the Asian American perspective of living in a dominantly wealthy and privileged white society.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A transportive debut.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Shady Husband Mystery is its own literary subgenre....Katherine Lin enters the canon with her debut novel....a subtle, character-driven story about interracial marriage...[and] opposites-attract friendship....Through memories, Lin skillfully reveals Ellie and Ian’s marriage of contrasts....Lin is deft and never overbearing in her handling of race.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lin’s sharp writing and perspectives on the Asian American experience in modern times, the shifting tides of marriages and the complexity of friendships that signals a captivating new voice on the literary scene.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEast Bay Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eYou Can't Stay Here Forever\u003c\/em\u003e is a keen and expansive rumination on love, betrayal, and class set between the Bay Area and the South of France. A wry and exciting debut that while set in rarified luxury, portrays universal struggles of friendship, work and marriage.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathy Wang, author of Family Trust and Impostor Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I was totally drawn in from the first page of \u003cem\u003eYou Can’t Stay Here Forever. \u003c\/em\u003eAll the contradictions of Ellie’s situation as the American child of East Asian immigrants are explored with empathy and nuance, and the book’s brilliantly observed, horribly recognizable moments are handled with the lightest of touches.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Itami, author of Fault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Katherine Lin's \u003cem\u003eYou Can't Stay Here Forever\u003c\/em\u003e is compulsively readable, so much so that it's easy to overlook the astute intelligence that permeates every page. Reading this novel is like falling in love: delightful, poignant, and thrilling.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation and Searching for Sylvie Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A riveting debut with rich characterization, scenic setting, and sharp insights on relationships, class, and one Asian American woman’s experience.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This glistening debut is filled with all the wanderlust, rage, and longing of early adulthood, and proves—in sinuous and Bacchic prose—that the dissolution of a friendship is a terrifying prospect.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890407108837,"sku":"NP9780063241435","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063241435.jpg?v=1730233219","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/you-cant-stay-here-forever-a-novel-isbn-9780063241435","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}