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The Family Chao
- By: Lan Samantha Chang
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 400
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 350
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Story4 out of 5 stars 349
The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao Restaurant’s delicious Americanized Chinese food for 35 years, happy to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. But when brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo Chao is found dead - presumed murdered - his sons discover that they’ve drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town.
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An American Family Saga of Love and Loyalty
- By Mary Tsao on 04-14-22
- The Family Chao
- By: Lan Samantha Chang
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
An American Family Saga of Love and Loyalty
Reviewed: 04-14-22
It's wonderful to listen to a tale as well-written as this one and to imagine the bits that could fit your own life narrative. We all want the chance to be seen and to be loved -- regardless of who we are or what we've done -- by those we think of as our family. This book offers the light of that hope under the setting of a dingy Chinese restaurant in a hopeless Midwestern town during the gray of winter. The Family Chao is a satisfying story from start to finish.
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