Rent a Boyfriend
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Rent a Boyfriend
Narrated by:
Feodor Chin, Emily Woo Zeller
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Narrated by:
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Feodor Chin
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Emily Woo Zeller
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By:
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Gloria Chao
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets The Farewell in this “entertaining and nuanced” (Kirkus Reviews) romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results, from the acclaimed author of American Panda.
Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend—because the truth is she hasn’t met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your ‘Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents.
Drew Chan’s passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a Rent for Your ‘Rents employee to keep a roof over his head. Luckily, learning protocols like “Type C parents prefer quiet, kind, zero-PDA gestures” comes naturally to him.
When Chloe rents Drew, the mission is simple: convince her parents fake Drew is worthy of their approval so they’ll stop pressuring her to accept a proposal from Hongbo, the wealthiest (and slimiest) young bachelor in their tight-knit Asian American community.
But when Chloe starts to fall for the real Drew—who, unlike his fake persona, is definitely not ‘rent-worthy—her carefully curated life begins to unravel. Can she figure out what she wants before she loses everything?
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Critic reviews
"Emily Woo Zeller and Feodor Chin narrate an affecting story about balancing identity and family. In a moment of desperation, Chloe Wang hires a fake boyfriend to bring home over break; when Chloe and Drew start to develop real feelings for each other, things get complicated. Both Zeller and Chin show deep compassion for Chloe and Drew, and their complicated family situations. They lean into the story's frequent humor but never at the expense of the characters. Zeller, in particular, is nuanced in her portrayal of Chloe, a young woman struggling with her desire to be her true self without breaking family bonds. Chin initially depicts Drew as laid-back and carefree, but as his past is revealed, the pain that is always below the surface becomes obvious."
It’s a very slow and detailed telling of how life is lived as a young Asian (Chinese) woman in America torn between her parent’s rigid culture and her own developing culture as an Asian-American.
The whole concept of Rent for Rents is familiar to the Western version of Escorts, yet it is So Totally Different! That aspect of it is a fascinating look at this concept and the consequences surrounding it.
The bonus of this audiobook was the excellent narration of both narrators, so nice to hear the mix/blend between 2 languages. I think that I shall listen to more by this author, a pleasant change from the “typical” western romcom
New to me - Asian Fiction - Great!
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