Susan Lieu
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September 2014
The Manicurist's Daughter
5 editions
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published
2024
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“He didn’t have a high school education and spoke broken English. Even with all my advantages, I still felt belittled and intimidated by my doctor. My father didn’t stand a chance.”
― The Manicurist's Daughter
― The Manicurist's Daughter
“Over the years, I tried to cope with therapy, exercise, meditation, and supplements, but my family’s judgmental comments still rattled me and sent me spiraling.”
― The Manicurist's Daughter
― The Manicurist's Daughter
“On my second trip to Việt Nam, right after I graduated college, I visited my cousin, one of Aunt #1's many sons, who had a rice paddy. My new red leather New Balance sneakers got a little muddy as I squatted down to pull a thin green blade of grass from the earth. At the bottom was a very tiny grain of rice. No wonder Bà Ngoại would lose her shit every time I didn't finish my bowl. It was literal backbreaking work to get it from the field to the dinner table.”
― The Manicurist's Daughter
― The Manicurist's Daughter
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