Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781408822074 (1408822075)
Publish date: February 1st 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult,
Parenting,
Family,
Biography Memoir,
China
Amy Chua writes a memoir about how she raised her daughters in the "Chinese" (strict) parenting style vs. "Western" (lax) parenting style. They practice for hours on end and have to get great grades, etc. It is harsh and mean and borderline abusive, except not and she clearly loves her girls and is...
I read this a few years ago, when it first came out. I'm glad I reread it now that everyone's done screaming about what a horrifying monster Amy Chua is. All I remember about that first reading is feeling really, really ticked off about something that isn't even Chua's fault. My family homeschools o...
If you can imagine a 7-hour plane ride in which you're seated next to a shrill, drunk woman with an inflated ego and a full-blown case of Munchhausen's disease, then you have some idea of what this book is like.The book is an almost, but not quite, comedic farce. It's not just the author's outrageo...
Comments: The very nature of memoir sometimes makes it challenging to evaluate the story being told and not the person telling that story. Amy Chua makes it especially challenging with her parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother; particularly in the audio version, which she reads herself, ...
I _adored_ this book. My eldest son insisted I read it, and I did, in one afternoon. I haven't laughed out loud so much at a book in years. I believe Ms. Chua's getting a bad rap from people who've only read excerpts. In its entirety it's a tale of love, parenting, expectations and society, but ...
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