<description>&lt;p&gt;On this episode, we welcome author Sophie Wan to chat about her debut novel &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/women-of-good-fortune-original-sophie-wan/20070114?aid=11692&amp;amp;ean=9781525804304&amp;amp;listref=author-interviews&amp;amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Women of Good Fortune&lt;/a&gt;, a story of three "leftover" women living in Shanghai each stuck in their own ruts from living under the patriarchy, who decides to do something about it, by planning a heist to steal the red envelope money a crazy rich wedding. We had a great chat with Sophie about her inspirations for the story as well as what goes into constructing a good heist!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Sophie on Instagram at &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/thesophiewan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@thesophiewan&lt;/a&gt; and check out Sophie's debut novel, &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/women-of-good-fortune-original-sophie-wan/20070114?aid=11692&amp;amp;ean=9781525804304&amp;amp;listref=author-interviews&amp;amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Women of Good Fortune&lt;/a&gt;, available now on the &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/throwback-maurene-goo/18639107?aid=11692&amp;amp;ean=9781638930204&amp;amp;listref=author-interviews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Books &amp;amp; Boba bookshop&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Support the podcast by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://play.pocketcasts.com/Learn%20more%20about%20our%20Patreon%20by%20going%20to%20patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;supporting our Patreon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;*Follow our hosts:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reera Yoo (&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@reeraboo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marvin Yueh (&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@marvinyueh&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow us:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Books &amp;amp; Boba March 2024 pick is &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/welcome-to-the-hyunam-dong-bookshop-hwang-bo-reum/20000336?aid=11692&amp;amp;ean=9781639732425&amp;amp;listref=book-club-picks-91552a56-f7a9-40f3-b303-66310685ac2e&amp;amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop&lt;/a&gt; by Hwang Bo-Reum &amp;amp; translated by Shanna Tan &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This podcast is part of &lt;a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/potluck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Books and Boba

Potluck Podcast Collective

#262 - Author Chat w/ Sophie Wan

MAR 9, 202458 MIN
Books and Boba

#262 - Author Chat w/ Sophie Wan

MAR 9, 202458 MIN

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On this episode, we welcome author Sophie Wan to chat about her debut novel Women of Good Fortune, a story of three "leftover" women living in Shanghai each stuck in their own ruts from living under the patriarchy, who decides to do something about it, by planning a heist to steal the red envelope money a crazy rich wedding. We had a great chat with Sophie about her inspirations for the story as well as what goes into constructing a good heist!

Follow Sophie on Instagram at @thesophiewan and check out Sophie's debut novel, Women of Good Fortune, available now on the Books & Boba bookshop!

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The Books & Boba March 2024 pick is Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum & translated by Shanna Tan

This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective