The Take
The gripping page-turner of 2026 that everyone will be talking about
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The Take
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Kelly Yang
About this listen
YOU EITHER MAKE SOMETHING OR TAKE SOMETHING.
Maggie Wang, a broke young Asian American writer, needs a lifeline. Ingrid Parker, a veteran white Hollywood producer with her career on the edge, offers an irresistible deal: $3 million for ten experimental medical sessions to reverse aging, using Maggie as a transfusion partner.
For Ingrid, it's a chance to recapture her youth and save her fading career. For Maggie, it's freedom - money to support her parents and the connections to finally get her novel published.
What starts as a professional transaction, quickly becomes a complex psychological dance. As Maggie gains unprecedented access to Ingrid's hard-earned wisdom, Ingrid sees in Maggie a weapon against an industry that's been trying to sideline her.
As their relationship intensifies, the rules around aging begin to shift. So does the balance of power between the two women, leaving both questioning who holds the upper hand and what they're willing to sacrifice to succeed.©2026 Kelly Yang (P)2026 Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Critic Reviews
I am blown away . . . the most intense, breathtaking book. With a wholly original, fresh concept, Yang takes on tough topics like race and socioeconomic discrepancies. Thought-provoking and brilliant (Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of DIAL A FOR AUNTIES)
Industry drama, naive ambition, a devil's bargain, and the ever-seductive lure of youth and its illusory trappings drive this propulsive, thrilling romp of a novel. I finished it in one sitting (Jemimah Wei, author of THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER)
I'm so excited about The Take and to see Kelly's characters' vulnerability on display as they navigate the choppy landscape of career and identity (Chanel Miller, New York Times bestselling author of KNOW MY NAME)
An exhilarating read . . . fast-paced, fun and fantastically unhinged! (Eve J. Chung, author of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG)
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