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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lisa Donovan is anyone's definition of a strong woman. She has built several lauded restaurants from the ground up, including Sean Brock's Husk empire; she raised two brilliant children with no money; she is a rape survivor; she is a profoundly talented artist. But from her early childhood, she had been told at every juncture that she wasn't enough: she came from a poor Southern family that despised its own Zuni/Mexican roots and repeatedly silenced...
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Language
English
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In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era-the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia. In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies, Jessica B. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way from the jazz clubs of the Manhattan's West Side to the restaurants of the Village, living out her buoyant...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Part memoir of life in Taiwan, part love story- a beautifully told account of China's brilliant cuisines . . . with recipes. "Lucky for me, Taipei was in the midst of transforming itself into a food lover's paradise at the exact time I appeared on the scene." So begins Carolyn Phillips's journey as a language student in 1970s Taiwan that culminated with her becoming a traditional Chinese family's eldest daughter- in- law. Through beguiling stories...
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