Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars, and Scoundrels – Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao Memoir is not my usual go-to genre and oftentimes…
Category: Memoir
Ducks by Kate Beaton
– Worth It! Graphic novels have come a long way in the last decade and Kate Beaton’s autobiographical “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands”…
Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing
– It’s Okay There are books in this world that you read, not because it is the greatest story ever told, or the best writing…
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood – Fatima Mernissi This year, I hope to expand my reading by including books written by people…
Book Review: The Colour of God
The Colour of God by Ayesha S. Chaudhry This book offers the reader a perspective that is at once unique and particular while also addressing…
Book Review: Crying In H Mart
– Worth It! Of the memoirs I consumed this month for AAPI Heritage Month, Michelle Zauner’s “Crying In H Mart” was the only one I…
Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou It seems that lately, any book that discusses the ‘real life ugliness’ that too many…