| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1: The Chinese mother -- Sophia -- Louisa -- The Chuas -- On generational decline -- The virtuous circle -- Tiger luck -- Lulu's instrument -- The violin -- Teeth marks and bubbles -- "The little white donkey" -- The cadenza -- 2: Coco -- London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay -- Popo -- The birthday card -- Caravan to Chautauqua -- The swimming hole -- How you get to Carnegie Hall -- How you get to Carnegie Hall, part 2 -- The debut and the audition -- Blowout in Budapest -- 3: Pushkin -- Rebellion -- Darkness -- Rebellion, part 2 -- Katrin -- The sack of rice -- Despair -- "Hebrew melody" -- Red square -- The symbol -- Going West -- The ending. |
| Summary |
Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references. |
| Subject |
Chua, Amy.
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Chinese American women -- Biography.
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East and West -- Biography.
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Mothers -- United States -- Biography.
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Mothers and daughters -- China.
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Mothers and daughters -- United States.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chua, Amy. Battle hymn of the tiger mother. New York : The Penguin Press, c2011 9781594202841 (OCoLC)696167197 |
| ISBN |
9781101475454 (electronic bk.) |
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1101475455 (electronic bk.) |
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