{"product_id":"everything-i-learned-i-learned-in-a-chin","title":"Everything I Learned I Learned In A Chin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book-Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2024 Michigan Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Nonfiction Books of the Year-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of the Year-Apple Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''s Highly Anticipated Books to Put on Your Radar This Fall 2023  \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e''s Books to Read This Fall 2023  \u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e''s Best Food Books to Read 2023  \u003ci\u003eLambda Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e''s October''s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung''s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone-from the city''s first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples-could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, beneath a bright-red awning and surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age; where he learned to embrace his identity as a gay ABC, or American-born Chinese; where he navigated the divided city''s spiralling misfortunes; and where-between helpings of almond boneless chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, and some of his own, less-savoury culinary concoctions-he realized just how much he had to offer to the world, to his beloved family, and to himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eServed up by the cofounder of the Asian American Writers'' Workshop and structured around the very menu that graced the tables of Chung''s,\u003ci\u003e Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e is both a memoir and an invitation: to step inside one boy''s childhood oasis, scoot into a vinyl booth, and grow up with him-and perhaps even share something off the secret menu.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57196697747838,"sku":"NW9780316507752","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780316507752.jpg?v=1778540717","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/everything-i-learned-i-learned-in-a-chin","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}