The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” rang especially true in my mind for Amy Chua’s controversial memoir, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” But I did just the opposite as I started it. Excerpts in various outlets, most notably “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” gave only a glimmer of what Chua actually wanted people to take away from her radical child-rearing ways. Also, she was painted in a negative light in a Today show interview, but that further sparked my interest in wanting to read her work.
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We’re excited to share that the book “My Mom is a Fob” by former Mochi staffers Teresa and Serena Wu officially came out today. For those of you in NYC, we hope to see you at fun-filled events held both tonight and tomorrow celebrating the launch.

Tuesday, January 4, 7 – 9 p.m.
My Mom Is a Fob Book Bash (click through to Facebook event)
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 W 27th Street, Ste 600
New York, NY

Released nationwide yesterday, Chang-rae Lee’s fourth book, “The Surrendered,” deals with the horrors of armed battle, though it is far from being just another war novel. Lee, whose first book, “Native Speaker,” received critical acclaim and earned him prestigious awards, revisits the themes that launched his past works to fame.

In “The Surrendered,” 11-year-old June Han flees the violence and destruction of the Korean War, and becomes accidentally separated from her 7-year-old twin siblings in the process. She seeks refuge in an orphanage near Seoul under a friendly American soldier named …

Katie Kitamura likes a good fight.
She may have attended Princeton University and earned a PhD in English. She may be a featherweight Asian American ballerina. However, her debut book “The Long Shot” isn’t about pliés or the world of cutthroat academics. Instead, “The Long Shot” centers around a topic that one would think is distinctively out of her realm of knowledge: mixed martial arts (MMA).