The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
by Lee, William Poy
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 159486456X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594864568
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About This Item
Ennaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. A beautiful, evocative memoir of a relationship between a mother and son, and of the Chinese American experience. The author's mother, Poy Jen, makes her mother eight promises before she leaves China, perhaps forever, to join her husband in America. The Eighth Promise recounts how Poy Jen keeps this promise and instills the sense of its importance into her son's very soul--to live with compassion toward all. Told in two voices-the author's and that of his mother--this is a stunning tale of violence, injustice, fortitude, survival, and triumph. 315 pages. 6 x 8.75 inches. Rodale Press. Emmaus, PA 2007.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020171
- Title
- The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
- Author
- Lee, William Poy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 159486456X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594864568
- Publisher
- Rodale Press
- Place of Publication
- Ennaus, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- LEE, WILLIAM POY; CHINESE-AMERICANS, BIOGRAPHY; MOTHERS AND SONS; ETHNIC IDENTITY; TAISHAN SHENG, CHINA;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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