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This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveĪfter 6 and a half years, Books & Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books & Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. The Books & Boba May 2023 pick is The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh It shows how Vietnamese women emerge victorious, even if the world is against them. It shows how Vietnamese women emerge victorious, even if the world is against them. A multi-narrative novel brimming with levity and candor, The Fortunes of Jaded Women is about mourning, meddling, celebrating, and healing together as a family. *Support the podcast by supporting our new Patreon* A multi-narrative novel brimming with levity and candor, THE FORTUNES OF JADED WOMEN is about mourning, meddling, celebrating and healing together as a family. We chat with Deepa about the inspirations behind her book as well as why 'Late Bloomers' is such a relatable trope for Asian American children of immigrants.įollow Deepa on IG at and check out her debut novel, Late Bloomers, availaible now on the Books & Boba bookshop! On this episode, we chat with debut author Deepa Varadarajan about her novel, Late Bloomers, about an Indian American family of two recent divorcees and their adult children who are each going through their own romantic adventures and turmoil.

The fortunes of a jaded woman