Listen to the Squawking Chicken
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$24.00
Published on Apr 07, 2015 | 288 Pages
Published on Apr 07, 2015 | 288 Pages
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
Author
Elaine Lui
Elaine Lui is a celebrity gossip blogger and the voice behind LaineyGossip, a leading international celebrity news source followed by more than 1.5 million people internationally. Her TEDx Talk, “The Sociology of Gossip,” is about the critical place of gossip within modern pop culture. Elaine previously worked for Covenant House Vancouver, has been a cohost on CTV’s daily talk show, The Social, and is a reporter on CTV’s daily entertainment show, Etalk. Born in Toronto, she lived in Vancouver for thirteen years before returning to Toronto.
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