nina's review
Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters
by Annie Choi
nina's review
Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters by Annie Choi
nina's review
rating:
bookshelves:
asian-authors,
memoir
recommended for: everyone
This book is hilarious! I picked it up at the bookstore and had to buy it then and there. I read passages to anyone who will listen, and to anyone who can tolerate the interruptions of my laughter and wheezing.
This book is a collection of stories and anecdotes about being Korean-American, but you don't have to be Asian to appreciate Annie Choi's writing. She takes serious subjects like cancer and relationships and makes them humorous, manageable.
For anyone who has:
* been forgotten on a birthday
* had a friend or relative "really like" a toy
* felt pressure to overachieve
* worn hand-me-downs
* tried to learn a second language
* had an ugly piece of art
* been worried about what her parents might think of her significant other
Favorite part: "I jump!"
Pros: gutbuster
Cons: only 256 pages
This book is a collection of stories and anecdotes about being Korean-American, but you don't have to be Asian to appreciate Annie Choi's writing. She takes serious subjects like cancer and relationships and makes them humorous, manageable.
For anyone who has:
* been forgotten on a birthday
* had a friend or relative "really like" a toy
* felt pressure to overachieve
* worn hand-me-downs
* tried to learn a second language
* had an ugly piece of art
* been worried about what her parents might think of her significant other
Favorite part: "I jump!"
Pros: gutbuster
Cons: only 256 pages
