Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Name: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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ISBN: 9780143120582

ISBN-10: 0143120581

ISBN-13: 9780143120582

Edition: 2011

Authors: Amy Chua

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After igniting a firestorm of debate across the nation, Amy Chua's daring, conversation-changing memoir is now in paperback. At once provocative and laugh-out-loud funny, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Motherset off a global parenting debate with its story of one mother's journey in strict parenting. Amy Chua argues that Western parenting tries to respect and nurture children's individuality, while Chinese parents typically believe that arming children with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence prepares them best for the future. Achingly honest and profoundly challenging, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Motherchronicles Chua's iron-willed decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, the…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.12" wide x 8.24" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School and lectures frequently on the effects of gloabalization to government, business, and academic groups around the world. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.







The Chinese Mother



Sophia



Louisa



The Chuas



On Generational Decline



The Virtuous Circle



Tiger Luck



Lulu's Instrument



The Violin



Teeth Marks and Bubbles



"The Little White Donkey"



The Cadenza






COCO



London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay



Popo



The Birthday Card



Caravan to Chautauqua



The Swimming Hole



How You Get to Carnegie Hall



How You Get to Carnegie Hall, Part 2



The Debut and the Audition



Blowout in Budapest






Pushkin



Rebellion



Darkness



Rebellion, Part 2



Katrin



The Sack of Rice



Despair



"Hebrew Melody"



Red Square



The Symbol



Going West



The Ending


Coda


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes