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Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir
by Eddie Huang
3.5
I did the audio on this one, and it was great, as Eddie is so into it, he chuckles while saying his jokes, and there is a real enthusiasm. Warning, lots of swearing, it worked on audio, not sure how well it works on the page.
The book itself is not a food memoir, it's about his growing up in America, in Florida, being the only Asian kid at school and being bullied every. single. day. It's a story of racism.
He looked different, he was raised differently, he had Chinese food for lunch, and kids made fun of him all the time. He felt he didn't belong. So he became a real hustler, having pretty much a criminal career, before finding the light and turning his life around.
I read a lot of comments finding that the book is a piece of garbage for complaining so much about America (you know, the 'if you don't like it, go back to where you come from, ungrateful jerk' type of comment). But even though I can't relate to the book, I'm pretty sure this is the daily life of so many kids, including Back kids! Eddie and so many others are first generation, and they have to split themselves between who they're expected to be in school and in the world, and who they are at home with their family. They can't abandon their roots, but are not accepted as who they are in the real world. And they feel they don't belong, because we don't make any effort to put ourselves in their shoes.
Another testimony that we need diverse books, and broaden our horizon.
I did the audio on this one, and it was great, as Eddie is so into it, he chuckles while saying his jokes, and there is a real enthusiasm. Warning, lots of swearing, it worked on audio, not sure how well it works on the page.
The book itself is not a food memoir, it's about his growing up in America, in Florida, being the only Asian kid at school and being bullied every. single. day. It's a story of racism.
He looked different, he was raised differently, he had Chinese food for lunch, and kids made fun of him all the time. He felt he didn't belong. So he became a real hustler, having pretty much a criminal career, before finding the light and turning his life around.
I read a lot of comments finding that the book is a piece of garbage for complaining so much about America (you know, the 'if you don't like it, go back to where you come from, ungrateful jerk' type of comment). But even though I can't relate to the book, I'm pretty sure this is the daily life of so many kids, including Back kids! Eddie and so many others are first generation, and they have to split themselves between who they're expected to be in school and in the world, and who they are at home with their family. They can't abandon their roots, but are not accepted as who they are in the real world. And they feel they don't belong, because we don't make any effort to put ourselves in their shoes.
Another testimony that we need diverse books, and broaden our horizon.