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The Accidental Mayor: A Collection of Stories from the Side Streets of Chinatown to the Main Street of City Hall
My family and I immigrated from Hong Kong to Los Angeles’ Chinatown in 1969 hoping to build a better life.
It felt like the universe was against us. From living in a cockroach-infested apartment with my family of nine to getting beaten up on an almost regular basis in school, I didn’t understand why we chose America as our new home.
Over the last six decades, I have lived through the happiest and most harrowing experiences and emotions. Very few things made sense in the moment, but the opacity of my very unorthodox path has gotten clearer. I strove to get a college education, dual master’s degrees, recently a doctorate, worked as an engineer, a publishing executive, a government advisor, and now the mayor of a city.
The throughline of my journey has been resilience, love from my family and friends, and an unwavering conviction to have a voice in the world. I wrote this book hoping that you can empathize, relate to, and learn from my collection of stories and adventures.
It felt like the universe was against us. From living in a cockroach-infested apartment with my family of nine to getting beaten up on an almost regular basis in school, I didn’t understand why we chose America as our new home.
Over the last six decades, I have lived through the happiest and most harrowing experiences and emotions. Very few things made sense in the moment, but the opacity of my very unorthodox path has gotten clearer. I strove to get a college education, dual master’s degrees, recently a doctorate, worked as an engineer, a publishing executive, a government advisor, and now the mayor of a city.
The throughline of my journey has been resilience, love from my family and friends, and an unwavering conviction to have a voice in the world. I wrote this book hoping that you can empathize, relate to, and learn from my collection of stories and adventures.
258 pages, Paperback
Published November 15, 2022
About the author
Ed Eng
1 bookEd Eng is an author, professor, former Fortune 500 executive, and former mayor whose work explores leadership under pressure and the choices people make when circumstances don't go according to plan.
His book, The Accidental Mayor, tells the story of his family's immigration from Hong Kong to Los Angeles' Chinatown and the unexpected journey that eventually took him from the side streets of Chinatown to the main street of City Hall.
Drawing on four decades of leadership experience across business, government, education, and public service, Ed writes and teaches about practical leadership, personal growth, and the decisions that shape our lives.
He is currently working on his next leadership book.
His book, The Accidental Mayor, tells the story of his family's immigration from Hong Kong to Los Angeles' Chinatown and the unexpected journey that eventually took him from the side streets of Chinatown to the main street of City Hall.
Drawing on four decades of leadership experience across business, government, education, and public service, Ed writes and teaches about practical leadership, personal growth, and the decisions that shape our lives.
He is currently working on his next leadership book.
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