Sunshine nails : a novel / Mai Nguyen.
Vietnamese refugees Debbie and Phil Tran have made a good life for themselves in Toronto, but their landlord has just jacked up the rent of their family-run nail salon, Sunshine Nails, and it's way more than they can afford. When Take Ten, a glamorous chain offering a more luxurious salon experience, moves into the neighborhood, the Tran family is terrified of losing their business--and the community they've built around them. But daughter Jessica comes to their rescue. She's just moved back home after a messy breakup and an even messier firing. Together with her workaholic brother, Dustin, and recently immigrated cousin, Thuy, they devise some good old-fashioned sabotage. But as the line between right and wrong gets blurred, relationships are put to the test, and Debbie and Phil must choose: Do they keep their family intact or fight for their salon? Full of memorable manicures and even more memorable characters, Sunshine Nails is a humorous and heartfelt novel about family, resilience, and what it means to start over.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668011256 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 297 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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Subject: | Refugees > Vietnam > Fiction. Refugees > Canada > Fiction. Vietnamese > Canada > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Manicuring > Fiction. Beauty shops > Fiction. Family-owned business enterprises > Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Canada Reads 2024 longlist |
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- 12 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library.
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Mai Nguyen is a National Magazine Awardânominated journalist and copywriter who has written for Wired, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, and several major brands. Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she now lives in Toronto. Sunshine Nails is her debut novel. Visit her at MaiNguyen.ca.