Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do? by Lui, Elaine

Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780425275375)

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Format: Paperback
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Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do? by Lui, Elaine

Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do?

$24.00
Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do? by Lui, Elaine

Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do?

$24.00
Format: Paperback
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"An affectionate tribute to her tough, powerful Chinese mother."--Kirkus Reviews
"I devoured this book in one sitting...alternately cheering, laughing, cringing, and gasping in horror. Lui captures the complexity of a mother-daughter relationship that is both complicated and beautiful. Poignant with a bare honesty that may make you think (and rethink) your own relationships." --Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Meet Elaine Lui's mother. She's "a movie, an Amy Tan novel, and a sitcom all rolled into one."* Or as her daughter sums it up: "She's Chinese, she squawks like a chicken, she is totally nuts, and I am totally dependent on her."
With tales of brutal mah-jong competitions, all-cap texts ("YOUR BAD SKIN NEED SOUP"); public shaming, and pearls of occasionally-bizarre wisdom; Lui not only paints a portrait of a challenging, frustrating, fascinating woman that will make you laugh and cry--she eloquently describes exactly what it's like to love someone who drives you crazy.
"A remarkable memoir about Lui's relationship with her Hong Kong-born mom, who makes Tiger Mothers look like pussycats."--Tampa Bay Times


*Lisa Gabriele, author and TV producer

Author: Elaine Lui
ISBN-10: 042527537X
ISBN-13: 9780425275375
Publisher: Berkley Books
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2015
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d
By Elaine Lui
By Elaine Lui
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Elaine Lui is the voice behind the wildly popular and successful blog LaineyGossip.com, which gets nearly 1.5 million unique visitors monthly. She lives in Toronto with her husband and beagles. Listen to the Squawking Chicken is her first book.

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