Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do?
Description
“I devoured this book in one sitting...alternately cheering, laughing, cringing, and gasping in horror. Lui captures the complexity of a mother-daughter relationship that is both complicated and beautiful. Poignant with a bare honesty that may make you think (and rethink) your own relationships.” —Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
Meet Elaine Lui’s mother. She’s “a movie, an Amy Tan novel, and a sitcom all rolled into one.”* Or as her daughter sums it up: “She’s Chinese, she squawks like a chicken, she is totally nuts, and I am totally dependent on her.”
With tales of brutal mah-jong competitions, all-cap texts (“YOUR BAD SKIN NEED SOUP”); public shaming, and pearls of occasionally-bizarre wisdom; Lui not only paints a portrait of a challenging, frustrating, fascinating woman that will make you laugh and cry—she eloquently describes exactly what it’s like to love someone who drives you crazy.
“A remarkable memoir about Lui’s relationship with her Hong Kong-born mom, who makes Tiger Mothers look like pussycats.”—Tampa Bay Times
*Lisa Gabriele, author and TV producer
PUBLISHER:
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
042527537X
ISBN-13:
9780425275375
BINDING:
Paperback
BISAC:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2015
NUMBER OF PAGES:
288
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
0.58(H) x 5.46(W) x 8.24(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English