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Product Description: In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. Red Azalea became an international bestseller and propelled her career as a successful, critically acclaimed author...read more

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9781596916982 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, May 7, 2013, cover price $26.00

Paperback:

9781608194230 | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, March 4, 2014), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: In 1994, Anchee Min made her literary debut with a memoir of growing up in China during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution.

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Product Description: “Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances...read more
By Meimei Fox (contributor)

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9781591845522 | Portfolio, December 31, 2012, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: “Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance.

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Product Description: Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping Fu was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in Mao’s Red Guard. At twenty-five, she found her way to the United States; her only resources were $80 and a few phrases of English...read more
By Mei Mei Fox (contributor) and Ping Fu

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9781591846819 | Portfolio, November 26, 2013, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping Fu was separated from her family at the age of eight.

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9780307454591 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, February 14, 2012), cover price $15.00

Miscellaneous:

9780307595331 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 18, 2011, cover price $24.95

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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.

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9780143120582 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, December 27, 2011), cover price $16.00
9781408828984 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, December 6, 2011, cover price $13.35 | About this edition: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs.

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Product Description: Born to illiterate peasants, Aisling Juanjuan Shen was the first in her village to go to college. Assigned to a low-paying government job, she left for southern China to find success. Her story embodies the changes in China in recent decades.

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9781569475867, titled "A Tiger's Heart: The Story of a Modern Chinese Woman" | Soho Pr Inc, July 1, 2009, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: "Like a suspense novel, this book is impossible to put down.

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9781569476482, titled "A Tiger's Heart: The Story of a Modern Chinese Woman" | Reprint edition (Soho Pr Inc, July 1, 2010), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Born to illiterate peasants, Aisling Juanjuan Shen was the first in her village to go to college.

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