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Leslie Li Daughter of Heaven (Paperback). Author: Leslie Li. Title: Daughter of Heaven. Format: Paperback. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Language: English. Release Date: 01/17/2013. Genre: Biography. Item Length: 140mm. Further DetailsTitle: Daughter of Heaven Condition: New Description: In this powerful, touching memoir of a critically acclaimed Chinese-American writer, taste becomes the keeper of memory and food the keeper of culture when Nai-nai, her extraordinary grandmother, arrives from mainland China.Leslie Li’s paternal grandfather, Li Zogren, was China’s first democratically elected vice president, to whom Chiang Kai-shek left control of the country when he fled to Formosa in 1949. Nine years later, Li’s wife, Nai-nai, comes to live with her son’s family in New York City, bringing a whole new world of sights, smells, and tastes as she quickly takes control of the kitchen. Nai-nai’s tantalizingly exotic cooking opens up the heart and mind of her American granddaughter to her Chinese heritage—and to the world. Through her grandmother’s traditional cuisine Leslie bridges the cultural divide in an America in which she is a minority—as well as the growing gap at home between her rigid, traditional Chinese father and her progressive American-born mother. Interspersed throughout her intimate and moving memoir are the author’s personal recipes, most from Nai-nai’s kitchen, that add a delicious dimension to the work. A loving ode to family and food, Daughter of Heaven is an exquisite blend of memory, history, and the senses. Author: Leslie Li Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1611456959 Subtitle: A Memoir with Earthly Recipes EAN: 9781611456950 ISBN: 9781611456950 Publisher: Arcade Publishing Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 140mm Genre: Biography Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Society & Culture, Food & Drink Release Date: 01/17/2013 Language: English Item Width: 23mm Item Weight: 311g Release Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
