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  • Published: 24 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780425275375
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $65.00
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Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do?



Meet Elaine Lui's mother. She's 'a movie, an Amy Tan novel, and a sitcom all rolled into one.'* Or as her daughter sums it up: 'She's Chinese, she squawks like a chicken, she is totally nuts, and I am totally dependent on her.'

With tales of brutal mah-jong competitions, all-cap texts ('Your Bad Skin Need Soup'); public shaming, feng shui blackmail; unusual advice; and unwavering tough love, Lui paints a portrait of a complex, frustrating, fascinating – and ultimately devoted – woman, while eloquently and hilariously describing exactly what it's like to love someone who drives you crazy. 
'Complicated and beautiful.  Poignant with a bare honesty that may make you think (and rethink) your own relationships.' Jenny Lawson, 'The Bloggess' and #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened 
'A remarkable memoir about Lui's relationship with her Hong Kong-born mom, who makes Tiger Mothers look like pussycats.' Tampa Bay Times 
'Lui's ma is a caustic, brashly charismatic, take-no-prisoners, larger-than-life figure . . . a lovely read about a woman whose force of personality refuses to be ignored.'  Chicago Tribune 
'Authentic, heartbreaking, and funny.  Lui writes with the truest form of humor, grounded in pain, honesty, and insight . . . a book that will challenge and resonate with mothers and daughters everywhere.' Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation
*Lisa Gabriele, author and TV producer

  • Published: 24 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780425275375
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $65.00
Categories:

About the author

Elaine Lui

Elaine Lui is a celebrity gossip blogger and the voice behind LaineyGossip, a leading international celebrity news source followed by more than 1.5 million people internationally. Her TEDx Talk, “The Sociology of Gossip,” is about the critical place of gossip within modern pop culture. Elaine previously worked for Covenant House Vancouver, has been a cohost on CTV's daily talk show, The Social, and is a reporter on CTV's daily entertainment show, Etalk. Born in Toronto, she lived in Vancouver for thirteen years before returning to Toronto.

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