After his father's passing in 2019, David Shih sought to unravel the underlying tensions that defined the complex relationship between him and his parents - a question that ultimately forced a reckoning with the expectations he encountered as the only son of Chinese immigrants and the realities of what it means to be Asian in a segregated country. Structured as a memoir in essays, Shih examines the emergence of "Asian American" in a post-Civil Rights America. Present in the food we eat, the jobs we take, and the ways we parent, the process of becoming an American is defined by who and what you must sacrifice to survive and excel.
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