Typical American (Contemporary Fiction, Plume)13 reviews Gish Jen Plume, 1992 The New "Typical American" I saw Gish Jen read and bought Typical American so I could get her signature and say I had a signed copy. So everyone would envy me. I didn't know when I would get around to reading it. But then I started reading it, and it's become an entirely charming, engrossing, compelling page-turner. I ...             Who's Irish?: Stories17 reviews Gish Jen Vintage, 2000 Don't Call It a Beach Book! + Wonderful Evocation of Chinese-American Life + Excellent read Unfortunately, the experience (or should I call it trauma?) of taking high school English leads most people to believe that serious literature can't be any fun. That "serious literature" is either turgid debates about the place of evil in a benevolent God's cosmos (Dostoevsky), or else allegorical ...             The Kitchen God's Wife163 reviews Amy Tan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 A Story of a Woman's Relationship With Her Daughter + Great Service! + Riveting, inspiring and educational + Savory!             Pears on a Willow Tree31 reviews Leslie Pietrzyk Harper Perennial, 1999 A Warm Reading Experience + ONE NOT TO BE MISSED + A+ + Memories of the way we were.. + Overall a pretty good read.             How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)152 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 2005 Great Novel + LOVED THIS BOOK! + good for immigrants + How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accent             'Tis: A Memoir590 reviews Frank McCourt Scribner, 2000 'Tis worth reading This book isn't Angela's Ashes, nor should it be, but I'm disappointed that it couldn't maintain the momentum in Angela's Ashes. This book picks up where Angela left off and appropriately ends with Angela's death. The beginning of this book is filled with humor and fun scenes depicting McCourt's ...             The Hundred Secret Senses207 reviews Amy Tan Ivy Books, 1996 the hundred secret senses + So nice I read it twice. + Good... + I love this book ! + Another great read             Comfort Woman30 reviews Nora Okja Keller Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 The best kind of ghost story + Accessible Prose; and a stiring tale + Important subject matter, needs stronger writing + Comfort Woman review + Comfort Woman             Immigrant Train & Other Stories Natalie Petesch Swallow Press, 1996 In this collection of short stories, Natalie Petesch presents separate but related tales of émigrés whose hopes outrun the realities of their lives in the United States. Centered around immigrants from Lunawicz, Poland, they reveal a talent for characterization and dialogue, but with something of a withered sense of hope. What these newcomers find most often is disappointment and defeat; ...             The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts170 reviews Maxine Hong Kingston Vintage, 1989 Prepare for the unexpected. + Eliptical Elusiveness Still Elucidates Immigration + Woman Warrior, a hauntingly lyrical memoir. + the power of memory + Brilliant!             Bread Givers: A Novel39 reviews Anzia Yezierska Persea Books, 2003 Awesome book + Good + Not bad for the dreaded "required reading"! + An Outstanding Book with Several Flaws + "All pioneers have to get hard to survive."             Sari of the Gods6 reviews G. S. Sharat Chandra Coffee House Press, 1998 Wonderful Stories by a Wonderful Man + Sari of the Gods pin points the immigrant experience. + Richly varied and thought provoking short story collection + Probing and educational review of cultural diversity + Often subtle, unique stories of great variety-             Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)854 reviews Jeffrey Eugenides Picador, 2002 You Are Such a Flirt + One of my favorites! + A Wonderfuf Read + From a pediatric Urology Nurse's view point, well done             Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American6 reviews Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Jennifer Gillan Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 BUY THIS BOOK, SHARE IT, TEACH IT, CHERISH IT!!! + Powerful words from often-neglected voices + The Real Thing + Superb and Moving Collection + Illuminating and Powerful Anthology             Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers: A Novel15 reviews Lois-Ann Yamanaka Picador, 2006 a reflection on paper + An Enjoyable Quick Read + excellent + TRUE WRITING             How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)152 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 2005 Great Novel + LOVED THIS BOOK! + good for immigrants + How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accent             Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers: A Novel15 reviews Lois-Ann Yamanaka Picador, 2006 a reflection on paper + An Enjoyable Quick Read + excellent + TRUE WRITING             Pears on a Willow Tree31 reviews Leslie Pietrzyk Harper Perennial, 1999 A Warm Reading Experience + ONE NOT TO BE MISSED + A+ + Memories of the way we were.. + Overall a pretty good read.             Sari of the Gods6 reviews G. S. Sharat Chandra Coffee House Press, 1998 Wonderful Stories by a Wonderful Man + Sari of the Gods pin points the immigrant experience. + Richly varied and thought provoking short story collection + Probing and educational review of cultural diversity + Often subtle, unique stories of great variety-             Bread Givers: A Novel39 reviews Anzia Yezierska Persea Books, 2003 Awesome book + Good + Not bad for the dreaded "required reading"! + An Outstanding Book with Several Flaws + "All pioneers have to get hard to survive."