BOOKS BY RACHEL PHAN
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
RESTAURANT KID
A Memoir of Family and Belonging
★ A Canada Reads 2026 Longlist Selection ★
★ Named a Best Book of 2025 by CBC ★
A raw and tender memoir about growing up in a small-town Chinese restaurant as the child of refugees—caught between cultures, yearning for connection, and coming of age in the shadow of the family business.
Restaurant Kid is a poignant exploration of sacrifice, survival, and the stories immigrant families carry across generations.
COMING OCTOBER 2026
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COMING OCTOBER 2026 ⚹
THAT ASIAN GIRL IS A PROBLEM
Coming October 2026
In a world that tells women of colour they are either too much or not enough, Rachel Phan asks: What if being a “problem” is actually the point?
That Asian Girl Is a Problem is a fearless and emotionally honest exploration of race, womanhood, belonging, and the pressure to make yourself small in spaces never built for you.
By turns vulnerable, funny, and defiant, it captures the freedom and complexity of refusing to shrink yourself for others.