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Van and Linny Luong are as baffling to each other as their parents' Vietnamese legacy is to them both. Van, the quintessential overachiever, has applied the same studied diligence to her law career and to her marriage - a beautiful idea that vaporized when Mr. Right walked out. Linny - pretty, fashionable, untethered - is grasping for purpose when her affair with a married man takes a humiliating turn. Each is the last person her sister would call, but when Mr. Luong summons them home for his American citizenship party, Van and Linny find themselves communing about their past - their late mother, their father's obsession with his Luong Arm invention for short people, even the irony of their romantic straits. As these unlikely confidantes chart the uncertainty that defines them, they forge a new relationship and the wherewithal to overcome disappointment.

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as 'a writer to watch, a tremendous talent,' Nguyen recasts her gifts marvelously in this first novel, infusing it with humor, compassion, and insight into siblings, aging parents, and the desires and ambitions that drive us.
 
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Hardback Editions

April 2010 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1444800973Title: Short Girls (Ulverscroft)
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-4448-0097-3 / 978-1-4448-0097-5
Publisher: F.A.Thorpe (Publishing) Ltd
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July 2009 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0670020818Title: Short Girls: A Novel
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 0-670-02081-8 / 978-0-670-02081-2 (USA, AU, or UK edition)
Publisher: Viking Books
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Paperback Editions

June 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0143117505Title: Short Girls
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 0-14-311750-5 / 978-0-14-311750-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books
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August 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1905490402Title: Short Girls
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-905490-40-2 / 9781905490400 (UK edition)
Publisher: Fig Tree
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Audio Editions

July 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1423391020Title: Short Girls
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-4233-9102-0 / 978-1-4233-9102-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged
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July 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1423391039Title: Short Girls
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-4233-9103-9 / 978-1-4233-9103-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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July 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1423391047Title: Short Girls
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-4233-9104-7 / 978-1-4233-9104-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD
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July 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1423391055Title: Short Girls
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-4233-9105-5 / 978-1-4233-9105-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed
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Other Editions

September 2009 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 1441810358Title: Short Girls [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction)
Author(s): Bich Minh Nguyen
ISBN: 1-4418-1035-8 / 978-1-4418-1035-9
Publisher: Playaway
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