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Battle hymn of the tiger mother / Amy Chua.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chua, Amy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chua, Amy.
- Chinese American women--Biography.
- Chinese American women.
- East and West--Biography.
- East and West.
- Mothers--United States--Biography.
- Mothers.
- Mothers and daughters.
- United States.
- China.
- Mothers and daughters--China.
- Mothers and daughters--United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 244 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices.
- Contents:
- PT. 1. The Chinese mother
- Sophia
- Louisa
- The Chuas
- On generational decline
- The virtuous circle
- Tiger luck
- Lulu's instrument
- The violin
- Teeth marks and bubbles
- "The little white donkey"
- The cadenza
- PT. 2. Coco
- London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay
- Popo
- The birthday card
- Caravan to Chautauqua
- The swimming hole
- How you get to Carnegie Hall
- How you get to Carnegie Hall, part 2
- The debut and the audition
- Blowout in Budapest
- PT. 3. Pushkin
- Rebellion
- Darkness
- Rebellion, part 2
- Katrin
- The sack of rice
- Despair
- "Hebrew melody"
- Red square
- The symbol
- Going West
- The ending.
- Notes:
- This ed. includes a new afterword.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-244).
- ISBN:
- 9780143120582
- 0143120581
- OCLC:
- 727703096
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