Джоан в порядке | Joan Is Okay

Joan Is Okay

Weike Wang • 2022

Overview

Joan, a first-generation Chinese-American attending physician in a New York ICU, measures life in lab values and twelve-hour shifts. When her father dies suddenly and her mother relocates from Shanghai, Joan’s routine of solitude and spreadsheets collides with filial duty, cultural expectations, and the question of what “okay” actually means. Told in spare, wry prose, the story tracks one woman’s reluctant negotiation between professional competence and emotional opacity.

Who it's for

• Readers of character-driven literary fiction
• Medical-profession narratives without melodrama
• Explorations of diaspora identity and family pressure

Key features

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House / Vintage
• Publication year: 2022
• Format: trade paperback