Laila Ibrahim's Paper Wife is a historical novel written for young adults. It traces the journey of one young Chinese woman at the beginning of the twenty-first century who marries a Chinese man from America and must travel with him and his son to San Francisco to build a new life for herself while disguising herself as her husband's first, deceased wife -- a paper wife. This book explores the subject of immigration in the twenty-first century and is sympathetic to the cultural nuances of Chinese-American existence at a time when xenophobia was rampant and economic opportunities rare. The book discusses themes such as immigration, adoption, duty, and more.
