Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen

Stealing Buddha's Dinner

Bich Minh Nguyen

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nonfiction biography memoir informative reflective slow-paced
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Beginning with her family's harrowing migration out of Saigon in 1975, Stealing Buddha's Dinner follows Bich Nguyen as she comes of age in the pre-PC-era Midwest. Filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, Nguyen's desire to belong tran...

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Moods

reflective 89%
emotional 63%
funny 36%
informative 31%
hopeful 26%
inspiring 26%
sad 21%
challenging 10%
dark 10%
lighthearted 10%
tense 5%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 35%
fast 5%

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3.57

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