The Original Daughter: A GMA Book Club Pick
A Novel
by Jemimah Wei
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Pub Date May 06 2025 | Archive Date May 13 2025
Doubleday Books | Doubleday
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Description
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
“Precise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is a book not to miss.” –NYTBR
In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat inworking-class Singapore, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. As the girls grow closer, they must navigate the intensity of life in a brutally competitive place where the insistence on achievement demands constant sacrifice. The sisters become inextricably bound as they spurn outside friendships, leisure, and any semblance of a social life in pursuit of academic perfection and passage to a better future.
When a stinging betrayal violently estranges the sisters, Genevieve must weigh the value of ambition versus familial love, home versus the outside world, and allegiance to herself versus allegiance to the people who made her who she is. In this story of a family and its contention with the roiling changes of our rapidly modernizing, winner-take-all world, The Original Daughter is a major literary debut, imbued with equal parts emotional clarity and searing social insight.
“Precise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is a book not to miss.” –NYTBR
In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat inworking-class Singapore, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. As the girls grow closer, they must navigate the intensity of life in a brutally competitive place where the insistence on achievement demands constant sacrifice. The sisters become inextricably bound as they spurn outside friendships, leisure, and any semblance of a social life in pursuit of academic perfection and passage to a better future.
When a stinging betrayal violently estranges the sisters, Genevieve must weigh the value of ambition versus familial love, home versus the outside world, and allegiance to herself versus allegiance to the people who made her who she is. In this story of a family and its contention with the roiling changes of our rapidly modernizing, winner-take-all world, The Original Daughter is a major literary debut, imbued with equal parts emotional clarity and searing social insight.
Marketing Plan
- National Review and Media Appearances, including TV and NPR, and Newspaper & Magazine Features
- Most Anticipated Book Lists
- Women’s Magazine Coverage
- Podcast and Regional NPR Interviews
- Original Essays and Opinion Pieces
- Author Events
- Major Early Reads and Online Advertising Campaign
- Extensive Social Media Promotion (Cover Animation, Author Videos, Behind the Scenes, Quote Cards, etc.) on Doubleday and Author platforms
- Inclusion in the Doubleday Bookstagram Program
- Targeted Outreach to Indies, Big Mouths, Book Clubs, Influencers, Brand partnerships, and Swag item inclusion
- Inclusion in KDPG and RGC newsletter
- Inclusion in AANHPI Heritage Month Promotion (PRH, KDPG, and Imprint)
- Inclusion in Summer Reading and Holiday Promotions
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780385551014 |
PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 368 |
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