The Eighth Promise
Subtitle: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother
Publisher: Rodale Books
Published: February 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781594864568
Subjects: Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Ethnic Cultures - General; Personal Memoirs; Literature & Fiction / General; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Biography; Case studies; Chinese Americans; Mothers; Mothers and sons; United States
Description: A memoir of the Chinese American immigrant experience and the relationship between a mother and son, in which the mother makes eight promises to her mother before she leaves China, and instills the final one, to live with compassion toward all, into her son.