Ranouche San San itibaren Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Filipinler itibaren Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Filipinler

This is a fantasic book to read with children. I didn't read it until I was in college and it brought me to tears. Really good story!

Amazing anthology of classic Vonnegut. Well worth the read.

4 separate, yet interwining stories of 2nd generation Chinese-Americans' ambivalence over their immigrant mothers' traditionl values. Their relationship is a classic Kundera-style tale of identity, memory and inheritance. Through their mothers' lifes, they realize that had they been in their mothers' shoes they, too, would have had a similar mind. The irony was not lost to them; alas, having been brought up in America instead, they finally saw the sad inevitability of the differences between their mothers and them. it begs the question: how much of my identity belongs to me, and how much is the result of a collective inheritance from the society? as the world becomes more globalized and more people yearn for greener pastures abroad, this book serves well to remind immigrants of their racial/country baggages (their collective memories of their native countries) and how futile it is to ditch that and, at the same time, take up the memories of another country in a bid to gain acceptance.

Not much of a mystery, but enjoyable as a beach read type book. Light, frivolous and pleasant.

Sadly The Iron Daughter was a huge disappointment after reading The Iron King. I found Meghan to be very annoying in this book and she seemed to have turned into a whining self centered teenage girl. Everything was poor her and I wanted her to grow a backbone and waited way too long for it to happen. The love triangle was also annoying and especially when you know there's no way the heroine is going to pick the best friend who's in love with her so why even bother??? Because of how much I loved the first book in this series I am going to try to read the next book The Iron Queen but it better be a lot better then this one or I'm nor going to bother reading anymore of this series.