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Podcast: Escape From Plan A
Episode: Ep. 137 (Preview): 'Frankly In Love' Has A Refreshing Asian American Narrative
Description: "Frankly In Love" is a YA novel by David Yoon is the story of a SoCal Korean American teenager who falls for some white girl and in order to dupe his traditionalist parents, pretends to date his Korean American female friend to placate both their parents... only to actually fall for her. Though the synopsis sounds extremely tropey, the novel delves deep into what it should mean to be modern 2nd-generation Asian Americans and why we may need each other more than ever. Oxford and Filip discuss all this and how they could relate to Frank as Asian American/Canadian...