The Downstairs Girl

4.5 Really enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. The writing is excellent, clever and humorous, and the message of using your voice and fighting against injustice is clear but not didactically hammering readers. The characters are complex and realistic and you really care about them. You also learn more about what it was like to be Chinese in the south during Reconstruction and right before Jim Crow, which not a lot of books cover. Will definitely booktalk this and try to find this book an audience.