“This story of a Chinese American mother-daughter relationship is written with immense depth and authenticity. What deeply resonated with me, was the duality with which we daughters often grow up viewing our mothers. On the one hand, we see our first example of womanhood and we can't help but want to emulate it, worshiping at our mothers' alter, so to speak. On the other hand, as we grow up, we see behaviour and ways of being that we 'know' we'd never do or be. "When I grow up I'll never do...”

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