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Author Chua, Amy.

Title Battle hymn of the tiger mother / Amy Chua.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  306.874 CHUA c.2  Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY CHUA    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CHUA, AMY    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B CHUA    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY CHUA, AMY    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  306.874 CHE    DUE 03-18-19 Billed
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  306.874 C    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Wickham Branch Library - Adult Department  306.874 CHUA    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  306.874 CHU    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  306.8743 CHU    Check Shelf

Description 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235).
Contents Part One. 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 -- Part Two. 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 -- Part Three. Pushkin ; Rebellion ; Darkness ; Rebellion, part 2 ; Katrin ; The sack of rice ; Despair ; "Hebrew melody" ; Red Square ; The symbol ; Going West ; The ending -- Coda.
Summary The unerringly honest, often hilarious, and always provocative story of one mother's adventure in extreme parenting. Totally at odds with Western parental indulgence, Amy Chua has made an iron-willed decision to raise her daughter's, Sophia and Lulu, the Chinese way.
Subject Chua, Amy.
Chinese American women -- Biography.
East and West -- Biography.
Mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- China.
Mothers and daughters -- United States.
ISBN 9781594202841
1594202842
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