Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming by Ava Chin

Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming

Ava Chin

503 pages first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Breaking the silence surrounding her family’s past meant first confronting the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882—the first federal law to restrict immigration by race and nationality, barring Chinese immigrants from citizenship for six decades. Chin t...

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informative 97%
reflective 68%
emotional 60%
sad 29%
challenging 26%
inspiring 19%
tense 12%
dark 9%
hopeful 9%
adventurous 2%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 25%
fast 7%

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