“The Family Chao is the ultimate family saga. Love, mystery, courtroom drama and lots of sibling rivalry… I absolutely loved it”
luan goldie
Women’s Prize-longlisted author of Homecoming
“Both a homage to The Brothers Karamazov and the gripping story of three brothers, their tyrannical father and the family restaurant set in the American Midwest… A marvellous and wonderfully entertaining novel”
margot livesey
New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Field
“Riveting, delicious, full of love and danger… an up-to-the-minute look at what it means to be accused and visible in America” ii
elizabeth mccracken
author of The Giant’s House
“With its deft and intelligent humour, wry observations and a real knack for capturing the detritus of family life, The Family Chao is also a masterful suspense novel that packs a punch in the heart and gut. What more could one want from a book?”
alice pung
award-winning author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter
“A stirring, intimate drama about love, hate, money, and murder in an Asian American family”
steph cha
author of Your House Will Pay
“An indictment of the asphyxiating myth of the model minority, The Family Chao is a compelling murder mystery, a love story, a legal drama, a meditation on internalized racism… a must-read”
t. geronimo johnson
author of Hold It ’Til It Hurts
“An ingenious and cunning reboot of Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. The harrowing and humorous family drama is wrapped in a murder mystery… timely, trenchant, and thoroughly entertaining”
Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Lan Samantha Chang is a masterful writer, and this novel has it all… Funny, heartbreaking, and layered with emotion, Chang’s latest book is definitely one to keep in mind for book club next year”
Book Riot