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Joni Cham is the author of In My Mother’s House, a novel about the troubled relationship between a Chinese immigrant mother and her Philippine-born daughter. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Prèmio Tomas: The UST Quadricentennial Literary Prize and was a finalist for the 2013 Philippine National Book Award.

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	A Treat of 100 Short Stories by Gerardo Z. Torres (Editor), Nonon Carandang (contributor), John Marvin P. Enore (contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In My Mother’s House 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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