Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen - Goodreads
Feb 1, 2007 · A coming-of-age memoir by a Vietnamese American recounts her struggles for an American identity in the pre-politically correct climate of the Midwest and her passion for American food in the face of her family's Buddhist lifestyle. 272 pages, Hardcover. First published February 1, …
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Jan 29, 2008 · As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre-PC-era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a …
Stealing Buddha's Dinner Summary and Study Guide
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner is a memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen that tells the story of her childhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan as a young Vietnamese refugee.
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Jan 29, 2008 · Vivid and viscerally powerful, this remarkable memoir about growing up in the 1980s introduces an original new literary voice and an entirely new spin on the classic assimilation story. Nguyen was just eight months old when her father brought her and her sister out of …
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Feb 1, 2007 · A coming-of-age memoir by a Vietnamese American recounts her struggles for an American identity in the pre-politically correct climate of the Midwest and her passion for American food in the face of her family's Buddhist lifestyle. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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Stealing Buddha's dinner : a memoir : Nguyen, Bich Minh ...
Jul 22, 2014 · Stealing Buddha's dinner : a memoir by Nguyen, Bich Minh. Publication date 2007 Topics Nguyen, Bich Minh, Immigrants, Vietnamese Americans, Americans Publisher New ...
Stealing Buddha's Dinner - Penguin Random House
In Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, the glossy branded allure of Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House Cookies becomes an ingenious metaphor for Nguyen’s struggle to become a “real” American, a distinction that brings with it the dream of the perfect school lunch, burgers and Jell- O for dinner, and a visit from the Kool-Aid man. Vivid and ...
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir. By Bich Minh Nguyen ...
Feb 4, 2007 · Fifty years later, I’m reliving those years of duality, and those embarrassing days in the school cafeteria, by way of “Stealing Buddha’s Dinner,” a charming memoir from a Vietnamese...
Stealing Buddha's Dinner - Bich Minh Nguyen - Google Books
Jan 29, 2008 · Vivid and viscerally powerful, this remarkable memoir about growing up in the 1980s introduces an original new literary voice and an entirely new spin on the classic assimilation story. Bich Minh...
Stealing Buddha's Dinner Summary - eNotes.com
"Stealing Buddha’s Dinner" is a story by Bich Minh Nguyen. In the story, Bich describes her childhood life as a young refugee from Vietnam. Bich and her family were forced out of...