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Earnest Advice in Broken English from Your Asian-American Mom
Perigee
January 2011
On Sale: January 4, 2011
159 pages
ISBN: 039953640X
EAN: 9780399536403
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Non-Fiction | Humor
Fob (noun)-derived from the acronym F.O.B. ("fresh off the
boat") Does your mom still make Peking duck instead of turkey on
Thanksgiving, own a giant cleaver, or take twenty-four more
napkins than she needs at Chipotle? Your mom may be a fob. Through their hit blog "My Mom Is a Fob," Teresa and Serena
Wu have seized ownership of this formerly derogatory term,
applying it instead to the heartfelt, hilarious, and
thoroughly unique ways that Asian mothers adapt to American
culture, from the perspective of those who love them most:
their children. Through texts, emails, phone calls, and more, My Mom Is a
Fob showcases the stories of a community of Asian-American
kids who know exactly what it's like to be on the receiving
end of that amazing, unconditional, and sometimes misspelled
love. It's about those Asian mothers who refuse to get in
the car without their sun-protective arm sheaths, the ones
who send us passive-aggressive text messages "from the dog"
in hopes that we'll call home, and email us unsolicited
advice about everything from homosexuality to constipation.
In these pages you'll find solace in the fact that thousands
of moms out there are as painfully nosy, unintentionally
hilarious, and endearingly fobby as yours is.
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