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

5.0

This is a must read, one that details personal family history that you never would've learned in the textbooks full of pictures of the transcontinental railroad. Ava Chin describes her ancestors history and how they found their way to New York City and Mott Street throughout the Exclusion Act in such eye opening detail that even she was caught unawares from time to time. I personally enjoyed it as an audiobook, hearing the correct pronunciations of words and her emotion when talking about visiting her families graves. This is a wonderful culmination of histories and immigration, shedding light on the personal stories that many other immigrant families still go through today.