The manicurist's daughter : a memoir / Susan Lieu.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Celadon Books, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 305 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- Children
- 9781250835048
- 1250835046
- Lieu, Susan
- Lieu, Susan -- Family
- Vietnamese Americans -- California -- Biography
- Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Mother and child
- Surgery, Plastic -- Complications
- Bereavement
- Américains d'origine vietnamienne -- Californie -- Biographies
- Enfants d'immigrants -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Mère et enfant
- Deuil
- mourning
- HISTORY / United States / General
- E184.V53 L55 2024
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Adult Non-Fiction | New Books | 979.4004959 LIE | Available | 36748002554717 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery.
Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success--until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what had happened.
For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone--why did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother's life in Vietnam? And how did this surgeon, who preyed on Vietnamese immigrants, go on operating after her mother's death? Sifting through depositions, tracking down the surgeon's family, and enlisting the help of spirit channelers, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of beauty.
The Manicurist's Daughter is much more than a memoir about grief, trauma, and body image. It is a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world.
Prologue -- Vengeance -- Part I: ma, ghost -- Part II: mâ, tomb -- Part III: mà, but -- Part IV: má, mother-- Part V: mạ, new born rice seeding -- Part VI: mã, horse.
"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success-until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what happened. For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone-why did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother's life in Vietnam? And how did this surgeon, who preyed on Vietnamese immigrants, go on operating after her mother's death? Sifting through depositions, tracking down the surgeon's family, and enlisting the help of spirit channelers, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of beauty. The Manicurist's Daughter is much more than a memoir about grief, trauma, and body image. It is a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Prologue (1)
- Vengeance (12)
- Part I Ma, Ghost
- Susan's Nails (23)
- Squid and Chives (37)
- Fighting Words (49)
- Goodbye (61)
- Exodus (68)
- Part II Ma, Tomb
- Severance (75)
- The Cult (79)
- Packing (97)
- Motherland (102)
- Part III Mà, But
- The Hunt (113)
- The Wedding Crasher (121)
- Spirit Channeling (129)
- The Calling (136)
- Resistance (142)
- Part IV Má, Mother
- Bloody Feet (157)
- Digging (171)
- The Messenger (176)
- 140 LBS (185)
- Smoke Signals (199)
- The Psychic (204)
- Paris by Night (215)
- Uncle #9 (218)
- World Premiere (231)
- Part V Ma, Newborn Rice Seedling
- The Bird (257)
- Slow Dancing (265)
- Call Me Má (269)
- Squeeze Back (274)
- Part VI Mã, Horse
- Persimmons (281)
- Acknowledgments (299)