Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen

stealing-buddhas-dinnerUsing food as an engaging trope to tell her poignant story – from Pringles to Big Macs to Bubble Yum and Little Debbies – Nguyen takes the reader on a vicarious munching session, recounting her experiences as a young Vietnamese transplant trying to find her way and fit into the Midwest landscape of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Review: “In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Month: New & Notable Books,” The Bloomsbury Review, May/June 2007

Readers: Young Adult, Adult

Published: 2007

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Filed under ..Adult Readers, ..Young Adult Readers, .Memoir, .Nonfiction, Vietnamese American

One Response to Stealing Buddha’s Dinner: A Memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen

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