Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

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Traverwood Adult A/V 4-week checkout	Adult BOCD / Nonfiction / Biography / Chua, Amy	4-week checkout	Due 05-18-2024

Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Read by the author.
Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices.

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informative, but painful and uninspiring submitted by 21621031390949 on July 28, 2012, 10:04pm When this book first came out, it seemed I heard about it everywhere: radio interviews, radio and newspaper reviews. It sounded awful to me and I decided not to read it. Then months later, I was desperate for a BOCD and saw it on the shelf. The production was good; read by the author, it was **perfectly** executed, just as the author strives and drives for perfection in her children. But it lacked warmth and her voice was brittle and hard -- just as she has been brittle and hard as a parent. I read the whole book, but did not enjoy it. I cheered for her youngest daughter who finally had the chutzpah to rebel. Interesting description of Chinese parenting; however, it lacked insight. It was a simple report of events, with little reflection or transformation.