World and Town - Gish Jen

If I had to sum up this novel in one word, it would be "undecided." To be honest, I had trouble with the writing style in the first part of the book - it seemed choppy and staccato and I had a hard time following it. The story won me over somewhat as the book went on, but my overall impression is sort of ... well, undecided. I'm just not sure of what I was supposed to take away from the book as a reader.