Chang’s outstanding debut novel opens with patriarch Charles Wang’s fall from grace: His once mighty cosmetics empire now belongs to the bank, along with the family’s beautiful Bel Air mansion and everything in it. the World” is a twist on two quintessentially American stories - the road trip and the rags-to-riches immigrant tale. The other finalists were Chad Dundas for “Champion of the World” and Margaret Wappler for “Neon Green.” For additional details, visit Chang was one of three finalists for the prize, now in its 16th year. The event will be held in the Cabell Library Lecture Hall (Room 303) at 7 p.m. 16 at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she will give a reading and participate in a roundtable and discussion with VCU students and the public. the World,” published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, tells the story of an immigrant family whose sudden loss of a cosmetics empire and their home sends them on a road trip across America where they discover what endures as a family and within themselves.Ĭhang will receive the award Nov. Jade Chang has won the 2017 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, which honors an outstanding debut novel published during a calendar year.
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