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

Collection