Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her first book, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, a New York Times bestseller, was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2003. Her second book, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall, was a critically acclaimed Foreign Affairs bestseller. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two Samoyeds in New Haven, Connecticut.
"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is the book we've all been waiting
for - a candid, provocative, poignant and vicarious journey through
the Chinese- American family culture. It will leave you breathless
with its bluntness and emotion. Amy Chua is a Tiger Mother, a
greatly gifted law professor and, ultimately, an honest, loving
woman with a lot to say."
-Tom Brokaw "This is one outrageous book, partly thanks to Amy
Chua's writing style - Chua is pugnacious and blunt, with an
unerring nose for the absurd ...The cultural divide Chua so
brilliantly captures is one we stand to witness more and more in
our globalized age, after all; and what with Asia and Asian
achievement looming ever larger in the American imagination, the
issues inherent in Battle Hymn are as important as they are
entertaining... I was riveted by this book"
-Gish Jen, The Boston Globe "Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger
Mother did more than speak to me. It screamed, shouted and lectured
me. It made me simultaneously laugh with empathy and cringe with
embarrassment and exasperation... Charming... Self-effacing...
Guffaw-inducing"
-Terry Hong, San Francisco Chronicle "Readers will alternately gasp
at and empathize with Chua's struggles and aspirations, all the
while enjoying her writing, which, like her kid-rearing philosophy,
is brisk, lively and no-holds-barred. This memoir raises
intriguing, sometimes uncomfortable questions about love, pride,
ambition, achievement and self-worth that will resonate among
success-obsessed parents... Engagingly and provocatively
chronicled. Readers of all stripes will respond to [Battle Hymn of
the] Tiger Mother.
-Elizabeth Chang, The Washington Post "[Chua's] writing is smart
and lively"
-Entertainment Weekly "Chua's mindset and methods-bolstered by
faith in Chinese family tradition-pose a useful challenge for an
era haunted by a helicoptering ethos as hard to shake as it is to
like. Here is an alternative to the queasy hypocrisy of typical
hyperparents, buffeted by shifting expertise that leaves them
anxious about overpressuring even as they push. Chua breaks through
all that. She is a crusader invigorated by practicing what she
preaches: the arduous work she believes necessary to do anything
well, child-rearing included... But precisely because Chua slaves
away as hard as her girls do, one thing her program is not is
guilt-inducing. In the end, her ordeal with Lulu teaches Chua
humility and proves her daughter's very healthy autonomy-and
inspires next to no regrets."
-Slate.com
"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is the book we've all been
waiting for - a candid, provocative, poignant and vicarious journey
through the Chinese- American family culture. It will leave you
breathless with its bluntness and emotion. Amy Chua is a Tiger
Mother, a greatly gifted law professor and, ultimately, an honest,
loving woman with a lot to say."
-Tom Brokaw
"This is one outrageous book, partly thanks to Amy Chua's
writing style - Chua is pugnacious and blunt, with an unerring nose
for the absurd ...The cultural divide Chua so brilliantly captures
is one we stand to witness more and more in our globalized age,
after all; and what with Asia and Asian achievement looming ever
larger in the American imagination, the issues inherent in
Battle Hymn are as important as they are entertaining... I
was riveted by this book"
-Gish Jen, The Boston Globe "Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of
the Tiger Mother did more than speak to me. It screamed,
shouted and lectured me. It made me simultaneously laugh with
empathy and cringe with embarrassment and exasperation...
Charming... Self-effacing... Guffaw-inducing"
-Terry Hong, San Francisco Chronicle "Readers will alternately gasp
at and empathize with Chua's struggles and aspirations, all the
while enjoying her writing, which, like her kid-rearing philosophy,
is brisk, lively and no-holds-barred. This memoir raises
intriguing, sometimes uncomfortable questions about love, pride,
ambition, achievement and self-worth that will resonate among
success-obsessed parents... Engagingly and provocatively
chronicled. Readers of all stripes will respond to [Battle Hymn
of the] Tiger Mother.
-Elizabeth Chang, The Washington Post "[Chua's] writing is
smart and lively"
-Entertainment Weekly "Chua's mindset and methods-bolstered
by faith in Chinese family tradition-pose a useful challenge for an
era haunted by a helicoptering ethos as hard to shake as it is to
like. Here is an alternative to the queasy hypocrisy of typical
hyperparents, buffeted by shifting expertise that leaves them
anxious about overpressuring even as they push. Chua breaks through
all that. She is a crusader invigorated by practicing what she
preaches: the arduous work she believes necessary to do anything
well, child-rearing included... But precisely because Chua slaves
away as hard as her girls do, one thing her program is not is
guilt-inducing. In the end, her ordeal with Lulu teaches Chua
humility and proves her daughter's very healthy autonomy-and
inspires next to no regrets."
-Slate.com
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