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Maggie; or, a man and a woman walk into a bar

"A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie. A short while after, her chest starts to ache. She walks into an examination room, where she finds out...

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Main Author: Yee, Katie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Summit Books, 2025.
Edition:First Summit Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Mothers > Fiction.
Breast > Cancer > Patients > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Separated people > Fiction.
Adultery > Fiction.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Humorous fiction.
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Summary:"A man and a woman walk into a restaurant. The woman expects a lovely night filled with endless plates of samosas. Instead, she finds out her husband is having an affair with a woman named Maggie. A short while after, her chest starts to ache. She walks into an examination room, where she finds out the pain in her breast isn't just heartbreak--it's cancer. She decides to call the tumor Maggie. Unfolding in fragments over the course of the ensuing months, Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar follows the narrator as she embarks on a journey of grief, healing, and reclamation. She starts talking to Maggie (the tumor), getting acquainted with her body's new inhabitant. She overgenerously creates a "Guide to My Husband: A User's Manual" for Maggie (the other woman), hoping to ease the process of discovering her ex-husband's whims and quirks. She turns her children's bedtime stories into retellings of Chinese folklore passed down by her own mother, in an attempt to make them fall in love with their shared culture--and to maybe save herself in the process"--
Physical Description:200 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781668084212
166808421X
Author Notes:Katie Yee is a writer from Brooklyn. She has received fellowships from the Center for Fiction, the Asian American Writers' Workshop, and Kundiman. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review , Los Angeles Review of Books , Joyland , No Tokens , The Believer , the Washington Square Review , and Literary Hub . Her first novel, Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar , was a New York Times Notable Book and was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. By day, she works at the Brooklyn Museum. By night, she writes, usually under the watch of her judgmental rescue dog, Ollie.

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