Even though people around him were openly crying, Khai could not cry. The novel opens ten years in the past as Khai was attending the funeral of Andy, his best friend. It was only when Khai was able to work through his emotions and understand he pushed people away emotionally not just because of his autism, but also because of guilt over his best friend’s death, that he was able to fully love Mỹ. Even though Mỹ and Khai fell madly in love with one another, their perceived faults kept getting in the way of their relationship. Mỹ’s mother told her that it was an opportunity that she could not allow to her pass her by, a chance for a better life for Mỹ and her daughter. The proposition carried with it an invitation for Mỹ, who lived in a poor village in Vietnam, to spend the summer in California working in Cô Nga’s restaurant and going to weddings with the family. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang is a comedy of errors when self-conscious Trần Ngọc Mỹ is chosen by Cô Nga to seduce her autistic son, Khai Diep. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Hoang, Helen.
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