How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

How to American

An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

2018 • 240 pages

Ratings16

Average rating3.6

15

I enjoyed reading most about his return visit to Hong Kong, his personal reflections on identity and belonging. Even tempered with self-deprecation, the rest is a little bit too in the belly of noxious standards of success and masculinity. I would be like his father, though, and have an unspoken devotion and respect—explicit expression of love and pride always comes across as too-American obsessions.

May 28, 2018Report this review