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Narrated by: Zoe Doyle

Unabridged — 4 hours, 50 minutes

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Funny, heartbreaking, lonely — such is a single day in this nail shop owner’s life. Here Ning reflects on her dual identity and the unspoken desires that simmer beneath the surface of her day to day existence.

From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class, an intimate and sharply written book following a nail salon owner as she toils away for the privileged clients who don't even know her true name.

“I live in a world of Susans. I got name tags for everyone who works at this nail salon, and on every one is printed the name 'Susan.'"

Ning is a retired boxer, but to the customers who visit her nail salon, she is ...