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ISBN13: 9780452271586
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Warm, funny, and deeply moving, Gus Lee's semi-autobiographical account of growing up in a conflict-ridden family, unable to fully embrace either American or Chinese culture, is an enthralling story of family relationships, the perils of boyhood, and the difficulty of being Chinese in 1950's San Francisco.
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Aznboi2652, June 26, 2007 (view all comments by Aznboi2652)
The title of this book says it all. What is what like to be identified as "that" person in 1950 America. To be immersed into two cultures and wanting to retain the old ways, but desperately trying to fit into mainstream American society. This book poses this akward experience which the majority of immigrants to this country faced when they arrived.
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ISBN:
9780452271586
Author:
Lee, Gus
Publisher:
Plume Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Boys
Subject:
Family
Subject:
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject:
Chinese americans
Subject:
San francisco
Subject:
Chinese American families
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction.
Subject:
Literary
Copyright:
1994
Series Volume:
vyp. 10 (405)
Publication Date:
January 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
796x530x73 61
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