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| Maxine Hong Kingston writes about the bonds as well as the conflicts between women in Chinese-American culture--how the traditional Asian way of life is transformed in the new world for better and for worse. In the process, Kingston tells the story of her life, her coming of age, and her assimilation into American culture. |
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Key Information
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| Awards: |
1978 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award |
| Authors: |
Maxine Hong Kingston |
| Fiction Subgenre: |
Family & Friendship |
| Fiction Genre: |
Biography & Autobiography |
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Professional Reviews
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Hungry Mind Review: "The themes in Hong Kingston's memoir will appeal to readers from many backgrounds, for they are woven through with myth and longing....Each of the five sections of the book paints vibrant and amazingly original portraits of women--women in distress, women triumphant, women who sing, women who talk-story, women who bring shame to their clans, women who leap into wells. They are the author's family: her mother, aunts, grandmother, herself--and the women of legend she grows up hearing about who inspire and frustrate her at the same time because she can't live up to them. |
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Book Editions
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- Hardcover - Prebinding
- October 01, 1999
- Bt Bound
- 8.25"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.8 lbs.
- 9780808589761
, - Paperback
- Reissue
- May 01, 1989
- Vintage Books
- 8"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.6 lbs.
- 9780679721888
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