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Jade and Emerald

By: Michelle See-Tho
Narrated by: Veronica Chan
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Lei Ling Wen is lonely. Bored of her demanding after-school schedule of tuition, study and violin lessons, she struggles to see eye to eye with her strict Chinese-Malaysian mother.

When Lei Ling is befriended by elegant, worldly socialite Gigi Nu, she is enchanted by the realm of luxury and freedom that suddenly opens up to her. Gigi encourages Lei Ling to flout her routines and treats her to designer products and expensive meals, and soon Lei Ling finds herself caught between two lives, and increasingly at odds with her exasperated mother.

Then tragedy strikes, and Lei Ling discovers long-held secrets that lead her to question everything she thought she knew about the two central women in her life, and the friendship she'd held at the heart of it.

Jade and Emerald is a fierce and deeply felt novel about the joys and pains of growing up, of accepting who you are and where you come from.

Winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize

©2024 Michelle See-Tho (P)2024 Penguin Random House Australia Audio Coming of Age Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Well written and the story line was unique and flowed well. I became more knowledgeable about Malaysian immigrants.

The narrator’s accents

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This was an interesting story and had me captivated from the beginning. The characters were believable and it was a great storyline. The narration was so good. Such a soothing voice. The different voices for characters was really well done by the narrator. Highly recommend!

GREAT story FANTASTIC narration!

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I think this book would be more appealing for teenagers - it's a bit like a junior Crazy Rich Asians. The plot was pretty obvious, the complete flip-flopping of Lei Ling's opinions overly simplistic. Nevertheless the story was OK, and the narrator did a good job.

A bit Young Adult

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Narrator perfectly captured the characters and the nuances between the light and shade in each voice.

Fantastic narration

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