The Satisfaction Café: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Scribner, 2025.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
340 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
13 copies, 12 people are on the wait list.
Description
"How do we live so that we are satisfied? How can people connect during moments of loneliness? This is the story of Joan Liang, a woman who moves across the world to America, and in trying to answer these questions builds a wildly original life. Joan’s life is a series of unexpected events: she never thought she would live in California, nor did she expect her first marriage to implode—especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy American man and become his fourth wife and mother to his youngest children. Joan and her children grow older, and one day she makes a drastic change: she opens the Satisfaction Café, a place where customers can find connection through conversation. With humor and grace, Joan creates a space for meaningful relationships and constructs a lasting legacy. Vivid, comic, and profoundly moving, The Satisfaction Café is a novel about found family,the joy and loneliness that come with age, andhow we can seek satisfaction at any stage oflife. This is a novel of tremendous pleasures:sentences that teem with rich observations,wonderful plotting, and, in Joan, a protagonistfor the ages."--
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
East Haddam/Rathbun A Fiction New
FIC WAN
On Shelf
East Lyme Public New Fiction
Wang, Kathy (Satisfaction)
Due Oct 11, 2025
Gales Ferry (LPL) New Fiction
F Wang
On Shelf
Guilford Adult Quick Pick
FIC WANG
Due Sep 24, 2025
Guilford New Adult Fiction
FIC WANG
On Holdshelf
Hamden/Miller New Adult Fiction
FIC/WANG
Due Sep 13, 2025
Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction - New
F WANG
Due Oct 3, 2025
Meriden New Adult Fiction
FIC WANG
In Process
Old Lyme New A Fiction - New
FIC WANG
Due Oct 2, 2025
Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
New Fiction Wang
Due Sep 29, 2025
Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace New Adult Fiction
FIC WAN
Due Oct 11, 2025
Wallingford NEW Adult Fiction
WANG
Due Sep 24, 2025
Woodbridge New Adult Fiction
FIC WANG
Due Sep 16, 2025
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781668068922, 1668068923
Notes
Description
"How do we live so that we are satisfied? How can people connect during moments of loneliness? This is the story of Joan Liang, a woman who moves across the world to America, and in trying to answer these questions builds a wildly original life. Joan’s life is a series of unexpected events: she never thought she would live in California, nor did she expect her first marriage to implode—especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy American man and become his fourth wife and mother to his youngest children. Joan and her children grow older, and one day she makes a drastic change: she opens the Satisfaction Café, a place where customers can find connection through conversation. With humor and grace, Joan creates a space for meaningful relationships and constructs a lasting legacy. Vivid, comic, and profoundly moving, The Satisfaction Café is a novel about found family,the joy and loneliness that come with age, andhow we can seek satisfaction at any stage oflife. This is a novel of tremendous pleasures:sentences that teem with rich observations,wonderful plotting, and, in Joan, a protagonistfor the ages."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Wang, K. (2025). The Satisfaction Café: a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wang, Kathy. 2025. The Satisfaction Café: A Novel. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wang, Kathy, The Satisfaction Café: A Novel. Scribner, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wang, Kathy. The Satisfaction Café: A Novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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