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A review by brischubert
Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures by Connie Wang
4.0
4.5/5 stars!
This was such a great book! It is a memoir about Connie Wang and her mother, Qing, told through nine trips/adventures throughout their lives.
I loved how we got to see their relationship grow as Connie grew, and how Connie’s perspective of her mother developed at the book went along.
She also connected their stories to bigger events and things happening in the world, in a seamless and almost essay-style writing that appeared throughout.
She writes about her experience being a first-generation Chinese American (and her mom’s experience as an immigrant), her feelings toward Disney World, her time as an editor at Refinery29, packing for travel, her house growing up, and so much more. And she does so with such fantastic storytelling.
I absolutely love that Qing was the first person to read each chapter of the book, so she had just as much a part in this memoir as her daughter. That’s so special and such a beautiful way to approach a memoir about a mother and daughter.
I read this book in two days and couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend you check it out when it comes out May 9!
Thank you to Viking Books for giving me this ARC through a giveaway!
This was such a great book! It is a memoir about Connie Wang and her mother, Qing, told through nine trips/adventures throughout their lives.
I loved how we got to see their relationship grow as Connie grew, and how Connie’s perspective of her mother developed at the book went along.
She also connected their stories to bigger events and things happening in the world, in a seamless and almost essay-style writing that appeared throughout.
She writes about her experience being a first-generation Chinese American (and her mom’s experience as an immigrant), her feelings toward Disney World, her time as an editor at Refinery29, packing for travel, her house growing up, and so much more. And she does so with such fantastic storytelling.
I absolutely love that Qing was the first person to read each chapter of the book, so she had just as much a part in this memoir as her daughter. That’s so special and such a beautiful way to approach a memoir about a mother and daughter.
I read this book in two days and couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend you check it out when it comes out May 9!
Thank you to Viking Books for giving me this ARC through a giveaway!