And noble Young Adult Book Club pick for winter 2020. Not bad for a first time novelist, abigail hing wen. Born to a family of immigrants; mom from the philippines, dad from indonesia, abigail went on to graduate from harvard and Columbia Law School and now works in silicon valley. Oh, and she also got her masters of fine arts and writing from Vermont College of fine arts. Welcome to the show. Abigail hing wen thank you for having me. Robert and its so great. This is your first tv interview about your book. Abigail it is. It is. So youre breaking me in. Robert okay, well, loveboat, taipei first of all, you did a great job coming up with the title that everybodycatches everybodys attention. What is the significance of loveboat as well as loveboat, taipei . Abigail so theres this program that is fairly wellknown in certain circles in the asianamerican community. Parents would send their kids to taiwan since the 1960s to learn language and culture and to find a spouse, potentially. So tha