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The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother

by William Poy Lee

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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.

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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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This looks really good. I've put it on my wishlist and am wondering why there are no reader's reviews yet. I'm looking forward to reading an Asian-American memoir by a man. I enjoyed Amy Tan and Maxine Hong-Kingston's books.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781594868115
Subtitle:
An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
Author:
Lee, William Poy
Publisher:
Modern Times
Subject:
BIO026000
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures - General
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Mothers and sons
Subject:
Chinese americans
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
315
Dimensions:
848x570x88 88

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