The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
by William Poy Lee
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781594868115 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
In the best-selling tradition of The Color of Water comes a beautifully written, evocative memoir of a relationship between a mother and son-- and the Chinese-American experience
In The Eighth Promise, author William Poy Lee gives us a rare view of the Asian-American experience from a mother-son perspective. His moving and complex story of growing up in the housing projects of San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1960s and ' 70s unfolds in two voices-- the author's own and that of his mother-- to provide a sense of tradition and culture. It is a stunning tale of murder, injustice, fortitude, and survival. Already, this exquisitely wrought memoir is garnering rave notices.
Synopsis:
Lee pens a beautifully written, evocative memoir of a relationship between a mother and son--and the Chinese-American experience--in this moving and complex story of growing up in the housing projects of San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1960s and '70s.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781594868115
- Subtitle:
- An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Modern Times
- Subject:
- BIO026000
- Subject:
- Personal Memoirs
- Subject:
- Ethnic Cultures - General
- Subject:
- United States - General
- Publication Date:
- November 2007
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 315
- Dimensions:
- 8.48x5.70x.88 in. .88 lbs.










