Unwanted Attention

A funny, charming, warm-hearted debut about two sisters, their mother, and the Korean community in Ohio

SISTERS, NOODLES, LOVE AND SEX: THE MOST MEMORABLE READ OF 2027Buy Ferris 40th birthday party present. Real one. She does not want potato gun. Henley is 44, unemployed and three times divorced; the only structure in her life supplied by her mother's daily to-do lists. Ferris, 39, a high-flying doctor with a stunning home and the perfect husband. Sisters who could not be more different: Ferris who seems to have it all and Henley who is struggling. And Mama who just wants them both to be happy and good sisters. After hitting rock-bottom financially, Henley moves back in with her mother and sets up a noodle-themed fetish account which, to her surprise, becomes a wild success. Meanwhile, just weeks before her 300-guest, 40th birthday extravaganza, Ferris blows up her marriage, for reasons she can't explain to her husband, let alone herself. As both women grapple with moving back home as adults and the expectations of the local Korean church community, they also navigate their mother's dreams for them and their own desires. Being sisters has got more, not less, complicated. Nania Lee dissects the complexities of sister and mother-daughter relationships, and their closely knit community, with her own distinctive brand of hilarity and heart.