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9781594868115

The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother

The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
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  • ISBN-13: 9781594868115
  • ISBN: 1594868115
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Publisher: Rodale Press, Incorporated

AUTHOR

Lee, William Poy

SUMMARY

In the best-selling tradition of "The Color of Water" comes a beautifully written, evocative memoir of a relationship between a mother and son-- and the Chinese-American experience In "The Eighth Promise, "author William Poy Lee gives us a rare view of the Asian-American experience from a mother-son perspective. His moving and complex story of growing up in the housing projects of San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1960s and ' 70s unfolds in two voices-- the author's own and that of his mother-- to provide a sense of tradition and culture. It is a stunning tale of murder, injustice, fortitude, and survival. Already, this exquisitely wrought memoir is garnering rave notices.Lee, William Poy is the author of 'The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother', published 2007 under ISBN 9781594868115 and ISBN 1594868115.

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