We’re starting this week with two cross-cultural memoirs that highlight the nuances of generational traumas and triumphs across borders; from storied pasts in Vietnam and Shanghai, to uncertain futures in the United States, these eclectic and diverse reflections are full of life, love, and lessons.
THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR BY SUSAN LIEU
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“In THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER, playwright/performer Lieu tells the heartbreaking story of her family’s 1980s escape from Vietnam after five attempts and their opening two successful nail salons in the United States, only to have her mother die following unnecessary plastic surgery; a related solo theater show had a successful 10-city tour.”—Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert
FEEDING GHOSTS: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR BY TESSA HULLS
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“In the graphic memoir FEEDING GHOSTS, author/illustrator Hulls surveys three generations of women, starting with her Chinese grandmother, a Shanghai-based journalist who fled the 1949 Communist takeover for Hong Kong with her daughter, and ending with her own flight from family and subsequent return to understand how it has shaped her.”—Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert
THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER by Susan Lieu; 9781250835048; 12/3/24
FEEDING GHOSTS by Tessa Hulls; 9780374601652; 5/3/24
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