About this title: A collection of stories about Chinese-Americans, including ''House, House, Home,'' a novella-length story about the marriage of a Chinese woman and a Scandinavian man and its perhaps inevitable breakup. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999.
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Description: Fine. Almost in new condition. Book shows only very slight signs of use. Cover and binding are undamaged and pages show minimal use. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Binding is slightly damaged and/or book has some loose pages. No missing pages. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very good. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Very good. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Very Good. 0375406212 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000-06-13
ISBN-13:9780375705922ISBN:0375705929
Description: New. Paperback. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375406218ISBN:0375406212
Description: VG/VG. 0375406212 Fine condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375705922ISBN:0375705929
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition, almost new and unread condition! Gift Quality! 208 very fine, unmarked and uncreased pages. "In this winning collection of short stories by the author of the highly acclaimed novels Typical American and Mona in the Promised Land, the children of immigrants look wonderingly at their parents; efforts to assimilate even as they realize the extent to which this uneasy enterprise ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375406218ISBN:0375406212
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. some light soil streaks on rear of dj. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375406218ISBN:0375406212
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Complimentary copy with an unsigned compliments of the author card laid in. In brand new, never read condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"As it turns out, the first story in the book was the best, and the were too dry and boring. I skipped a few of the stories after I read a few pages of them because it was too hard to imagine caring as the story went on. The first one, called "Who's Irish?" is told in first person broken-English by the Chinese mother of a Chinese-American daughter, with whom she's living. The mother really disagrees with her daughter's methods of discipline for her Chinese-Irish-American granddaughter. The story has a really sweet ending with the Chinese mother moving in with her daughter's Irish Mother-in-Law. Then there are two separate stories about the same family, the first about the narrator Callie's malachite beads which comfort her when her parents fight, and then the second about Callie's family buying and operating a pancake house in order to one daughter pay for Callie and her sister Mona's college careers. Those two stories weren't too bad, readable but not hugely interesting. Then there's one about a woman named Addie Wing who's hugely pregnant and who's having a baby shower with her dysfunctional family and set of ex-Hippie friends. I didn't find any of the rest of the stories funny the way I did the first one.
I would have liked to read a whole book about the characters from the title story "Who's Irish?" or even the stories with the Chang (Callie, Mona) family if there were more depth to the characters."
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