The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
Title
The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
Subject
Lee, William Poy, -- 1950- Lee, William Poy, -- 1950- -- Family. Chinese Americans -- Biography. Mothers -- United States -- Biography. Mothers and sons -- Case studies. Chinese Americans -- Ethnic identity. Taishan Shi (Guangdong Sheng, China) -- Biography. Taishan Shi (Guangdong Sheng, China) -- Social life and customs.
Description
A memoir of the Chinese American immigrant experience and the relationship between a mother and son, in which the mother makes eight promises to her mother before she leaves China, and instills the final one, to live with compassion toward all, into her son.
Creator
Lee, William Poy
Publisher
Rodale Press Inc.
Date
2007
Type
E184 .C5 L538
Identifier
2003.500.2817