A review by emmkayt
The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven Blanco

3.0

Novel about the interrelated parallel lives of two Filipina women both in their hometown of Manila, where one is a member of a wealthy society family and the other an impoverished waitress, and in Oakland, California, to which they both immigrate. Very melodramatic, with heavily foreshadowed plot twists full of improbable coincidences. However, it was a page-turner, and interesting to read more about Filipino culture, which I knew little about.