Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do?

A universal love letter from daughters to mothers . . .

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