Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679644881 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Profane, profound, profusely entertaining." according to P. Wung. "This book isn't for everyone. I thought it wasn't for me when I first started reading it.Eddie Huang is the owner of Baohaus, a NYC eatery that is one of the hottest places in town. This is his autobiography, the story of his evolution from a confused kids who was fresh off the boat to an entrepreneur and a food celebrity. I really like thisi book because his life experience runs parallel to mine in many ways.There are difference though, and even though Eddie speaks from a . Petrolfox said Not the TV show, just as good in a completely different way.. Don't expect the same thing as the TV show. Eddie is very real and talks like it. Expect a lot of swearing and thug life moments. I love the TV show but other than the names and them being Chinese that's about where the similarities stop. The memoir is fantastic though and it's really inspiring to listen to the story of a guy who by all rights could of ended up a criminal thug become a great American entrepreneur and innovator.. New favoriteHe is so funny, but super smart and brings really open minded, expanded perspectives on everything. Sunny begaye I love this book and gave it to my sister for her birthdayso now when she comes in my room holding it, we bust out laughing and reminisce on our favorite parts. He's cutting up so hard, but with heartfelt raw honesty. His stories about bullying and racism from other kids and everyone were really painful to read, but maybe because I could relateA lot of people will relate and love this. He's a joyful spirit, and a good story teller with a lot of cool perspectives on race, cla
He obsessed over football, fought the all-American boys who called him a chink, partied like a gremlin, sold drugs with his crew, and idolized Tupac. Funny, raw, and moving, and told in an irrepressibly alive and original voice, Fresh Off the Boat recasts the immigrant’s story for the twenty-first century. It’s a story of food, family, and the forging of a new notion of what it means to be American.Praise for Fresh Off the Boat “Brash and funny outrageous, courageous, moving, ironic and true.”—New York Times Book Review “Bawdy and frequently hilarious a surprisingly sophisticated memoir about race and assimilation in America as much James Baldwin and Jay-Z as Amy Tan rowdy and vital It’s a book about fitting in by not fitting in at all.”—Dwight Garner, TheNew York Times “Uproariously funny emotionally honest.”—Chicago Tribune “Huang is a fearless raconteur. But before he created the perfect home for himself in a small patch of downtown New York, Eddie wandered the American wilderness looking for a place to call his own. His anchor through it all was food—from making Southern ribs with the Haitian cooks in his dad’s restaurant to preparing traditional meals in his mother’s kitchen to haunting the midn
Q&A with Eddie Huang