The protagonist spends the book trying to avoid white men who have a fetish for Asian women but falls for one anyway. She goes around labeling any white guy she meets who seems slightly interested in Asian culture as a "Hoarder..." (and yet she only dates white guys). I definitely don't recommend this one!At first I was thinking of saying that this book is Asian Chick-Lit, but it is so much better than that. The description on the back made this book sound like it was going to be really good. I sent a coy each to my daughters who teach ESL The hippie ABC Aunt was an interesting character, the author could probably write an interesting book about her.There are plenty of Asian-American-struggling-to-reconcile-two-cultures books out there.
Discover; The Dim Sum of All Things. Since Covid-19 happened in March this year, we were not able to go out for dim sum and I was REALLY CRAVING Steamed Pork Spareribs! Achetez neuf ou d'occasion Have you ever wondered: Why Asians love "Hello Kitty"? The Question and Answer section for The Dim Sum of All Things is a great resource to ask questions, find …
Either way I was very disappointed in this book and how it portrayed immigrant families and Asian Americans. 's 2 favorite Dim Sum Restaurants, and Cantonese Restaurants around Silver Spring, MD, and Millbrae, CA. The only thing that keeps Kim Wong Keltner from writing is when she’s trapped under an avalanche of her daughter’s stuffed animals. A fair amount of the novel is set in Chinatown, and we are presented with a good view of working (non tourist) Chinatown--at least 2-3 times a year I go shopping on Grant street. This book is the Dim Sum of unexamined interracial dating. I should also stop with the habit of needing to finish books that I start! Her grandmother will not live forever, and when she passes, how much of the Chinese way of life should Lindsey continue?This conflict is clearly the thematic question of the novel, and it has two sides. The author also overuses adjectives and other descriptive phrases, oftentimes repeating herself. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. It's had some fun sections but most of it was a little too much soul searching chinese while looking down upon white males who may like asian females.
What's disturbing is not this concept, because I believe there is some merit to this, but the fact the lead female character Lindsey could bDisappointing fiction about young Chinese woman's struggle to intergerate her Chinese racial/ethnic identity with her typical Middle Class American upbringing in San Francisco. It's well written.
The novel starts well but the last 100 pages seem rushed, as if a page limit was looming or a deadline for publication was looming. Life is hectic enough for suburban single mom Jane Jeffrey this Christmas seasonwhat with her the Hollows, where the natural and the supernatural co-exist—not always peacefully—desperate times often call for unorthodox measures.
This fictionalized ABC (American Born Chinese) and her (mis)adventures in dating, work, family and life in general ring far-too-true for comfort at times.1.5 stars.
I don't think that was the author's intention in writing this book, but that's certainly how it came off to me. The comedy found earlier in the book was not sustained. It is a light read and perfect to wind down.