书籍介绍
In the eyes of her corporate law firm, Ingrid Yung is a "two-fer." As a Chinese-American woman about to be ushered into the elite rank of partner, she's the face of Parsons Valentine & Hunt LLP's recruiting brochures - their treasured "Golden Girl." But behind the firm's welcoming facade lies the scotch-sipping, cigar-smoking old-boy network that shuts out lawyers like Ingrid. To compensate, Ingrid gamely plays in the softball league, schmoozes in the corporate cafeteria, and puts in the billable hours - until a horrifically offensive performance at the law firm's annual summer outing throws the carefully constructed image way out of equilibrium. Scrambling to do damage control, Parsons Valentine announces a new "Diversity Initiative" and commands a reluctant Ingrid to spearhead the effort, taking her priority away from the enormous deal that was to be the final step in securing partnership. For the first time, Ingrid finds herself at odds with her colleagues - including her handsome, golden-boy boyfriend - in a clash of class, race, and sexual politics.
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读那么久才读完是因为这本书真实而致郁。。。
[有声书]“The Murphs of the world would always be fine.” 真是一声叹息。但也只有在虚构小说里的minority能说一句so would I. 喜欢里面的教授说的那句”sometimes in the grander scheme, it behooves us to do certain things not because we want to, but because we are among the very few who can.” 感觉这个设定、情节、反转、结尾的确很适合拍成电影。
关于诉讼的法律小说多，但是讲述非诉的小说很少。讲述华裔/少数族裔在非优势行业里遇到的玻璃天花板，很多点都抓得很到位，但是离五星作品还是查了那么一点火候。
I spent the last week’s bedtime reading The Partner Track. It was as if I were there, vicariously experiencing Ingrid’s late hours, humiliation, predicament, and heroic avenge. It was a dream-like ending that Ingrid started her own firm. Sexism and racism are too ingrained in the old-boy corporate culture for a single minority darling to take on.
这个结尾大概是intern写的…
没想到我2023年第一本书是这个，只能说36个小时的飞机威力无穷。。作为一个minority，甚至是满足了所有stereotype的minority（瘦矮戴眼镜喜欢亚洲文化运动能力差（讽刺的是我其实不差，但他们全都是运动员出身），在几乎纯白的社会下见过这一切（虽然没有那么极端）的discriminations。我没太大的事业心，但里面很多的行为我很能身同感受，只是我躺平了不怎么争抢才没有如此艰难。然而里面的故事结尾还是太理想化了，而且性格塑造过于单一，导致我并无法喜欢这样的女主角。故事很简单，但作为一个大女主的故事，负能量感还是超过了爽感。7分读物。
在写PS的时候快速skim过这本书找灵感，结果被女主恶心到了。简而言之就是，女主自私，矫情，并且非常的不专业，槽点太多以至于难以让人共情。I’m kind of surprised the show is a hit on Netflix, because the main character is fundamentally unlikeable.
网飞的剧很离谱把这样一本讲述华裔女性在以白人主导、白人靠裙带关系挤占过多资源的律所如何艰难生存如何反抗不公的主题硬生生改成了绿茶女和狗血玛丽苏罗曼史。书最后有一些烂尾，太过于天降幸运，女主竟然自己开律所了，但整体基调不错！女性，少数族裔如何在职场捍卫自己的权利，如何自处都写得很不错
At times I feel that the heroine can be overly sensitive and defensive, but then I also understand why she reacts certain ways. She is right that no matter how excellently Asians do their job, they are always the ones to omit or even abandon.
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