![]() ![]() Seven years ago, she kisses her best friend, Nathan, for the first time. Since Meddelin has not been on a date in years, she agrees to go. Meddelin and her family own a wedding business and are schedule to do a wedding on the island that Saturday. Ma reveals that she made an online dating profile for Meddelin and has set her up with a man named Jake, who owns the Ayana Lucia, an exclusive resort on the private island of Santa Lucia. Meddelin goes to eat dim sum with Ma and her three aunts on Thursday. We’ll see.)." This section is the only section that switches back and forth between the present day when Meddelin is 26 and Meddelin’s past life at UCLA. The first section is titled “Girl Meets Boy (There might be insta-love and also someone might die. The novel is divided up into three sections. Meddelin secretly applies to Columbia and gets in, but she burns the letter and goes to UCLA instead to stay near her family. As the only girl of her generation, Meddelin feels obligated to stay at home with her Ma and three aunts, who have lost all their husbands and sons. The novel starts with a prologue subtitled “Eight Years Ago.” Meddelin says that her family is cursed so that the men always leave. Sutanto’s Dial A For Aunties is narrated in first-person present by the protagonist, Meddelin Chan. ![]() The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Sutanto, Jesse Q. ![]()
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