{"product_id":"oh-my-mother-connie-wang-9780593490921","title":"Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Humorous, endearing, and intimate.\" \u003ci\u003e--TIME\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mother and daughter relationships are always tricky but this peripatetic pair has outdone all of us with this most excellent adventure written by my namesake, author Connie Wang.\" --Connie Chung \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling mother-daughter adventure around the world in pursuit of self-discovery, a family reckoning, and Asian American defiance \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Chinese, the closest expression to \u003ci\u003eoh my god\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003ewo de ma ya\u003c\/i\u003e. It's an interjection, a polite expletive, something to say when you're out of words. Translated literally, it means \u003ci\u003eoh my mother\u003c\/i\u003e--the instinctual first person you think of when you're on the cusp of losing it, or putting it all together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each essay of this hilarious, heartfelt, and pitch-perfectly honest memoir, journalist Connie Wang explores her complicated relationship to her stubborn and charismatic mother, Qing Li, through the \"oh my god\" moments in their travels together. From attending a Magic Mike strip show in Vegas to experimenting with edibles in Amsterdam to flip-flopping through Versailles, this iconic mother-daughter duo venture into the world to find their place in it, and sometimes rail against it--as well as against each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are hijinks, capers, and adventures. There is also tenderness, growth, and discovery. In telling these stories about the places they've gone and the things they've done, Wang reveals another story: the true story of two women who finally learned that once we are comfortable with the feeling of not belonging--once we can reject the need to belong to any place, community, census, designation, or nation--we can experience something almost like freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Connie Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593490924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593490921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2023","brand":"Connie Wang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072442298623,"sku":"9780593490921","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36f4e182-ea50-426e-861e-7764f4683933.jpg?v=1685441992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oh-my-mother-connie-wang-9780593490921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}