Buddha Baby by Kim Wong Keltner
Rating: 2 - Not regret reading
As an Asian living in the bay area, of course I was interested in this book about Asian in the bay area. The book described very well how an ABC (American-born Chinese)'s conflicting feelings about racial identity, which is why I don't regret reading the book. However, I wonder how big the audience of this book is. I for one was not too impressed by the book. Plus, my inner voice says: "You speak perfect English, have good education, able to choose to have a low paid job (being an artist), so why are you still complaining? I'd love to trade places with you." Having said that, I think some part of the book is quite funny. The book also highlighted some not very well known facts, like sometimes a white person can be a lot more Chinese in every way expect the look. LOL.
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