The Satisfaction Café: A Novel by Kathy Wang Howard Marks she’s a sucker for the

she’s a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story

Local girl-turned-general manager June Porter Hudson has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war

some highly educated

a testament to the remarkable strength it takes to pursue one’s aspirations against all odds

Without sex

The Satisfaction Café: A Novel by Kathy Wang Howard Marks she’s a sucker for theAn engrossing and original story about a woman who moves from Taiwan to California and builds an unexpected life there, for readers of Olive Kitteridge and Hello Beautiful. Joan Liangs life is a series of surprising developments: she never thought she would leave Taiwan for California, nor did she expect her first marriage to implodeespecially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy