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The Partner Track

A Novel

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An "engaging and suspenseful" novel of a first-generation Chinese American having second thoughts about her elite Manhattan law firm (The Wall Street Journal).
Ingrid Yung's life is full of firsts. A first-generation Chinese American, the first lawyer in her family, she's about to collect the holy grail of firsts and become the first minority woman to make partner at the venerable old Wall Street law firm Parsons Valentine & Hunt.
Ingrid has perfected the art of "passing" and seamlessly blends into the old-boy corporate culture. She gamely banters in the cafeteria, plays in the firm softball league, and earnestly racks up her billable hours. But when an offensive incident at the summer outing threatens the firm's reputation, Ingrid's outsider status is suddenly thrown into sharp relief.
Scrambling to do damage control, Parsons Valentine announces a new diversity and inclusion initiative, commanding Ingrid to spearhead the effort—just as she's about to close an enormous transaction that was to be her final step in securing partnership.
For the first time, Ingrid begins to question her place in the firm. Pitted against her colleagues, including her golden-boy boyfriend, Ingrid wonders whether the prestige of partnership is worth breaching her ethics. But can she risk throwing away the American dream that's finally within her reach?
"Thought-provoking . . . [a] compelling tale." —Booklist
"Funny, fragile, sometimes bold, often unsure, Ingrid Yung is one of those unforgettable heroines that you actually miss, like a dear friend, when the story's over.'"—Ann Leary, New York Times–bestselling author of The Foundling
"Intriguing and entertaining." —Library Journal
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      October 15, 2013
      Ingrid Yung is on the cusp of making partner at the elite Manhattan law firm Valentine & Hunt. She knows that some of the reasons she's an attractive candidate stem from her being a two-fer, a woman and a minority, but she hopes that her impeccable work is what will earn her the promotion. When she's simultaneously assigned to a huge case and asked to spearhead the firm's new diversity initiative, however, Ingrid's priorities begin to shift from playing the corporate game to exposing the injustices of the old-boy network, even though it may cost her both her partnership and her relationship with a fellow associate. Debut novelist Wan, an associate general counsel at Time Inc. shows that she has writing chops in addition to legal acumen. In spite of creating a lackluster romance and pat epilogue, Wan succeeds in exploring and fictionalizing the timely topics of sexism and racism in workplace politics in a fluent, thought-provoking, and compelling tale.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)

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