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The Manicurist’s Daughter is a profoundly emotional memoir by Susan Lieu, exploring the collapse...
I love seeing literature on the market written from own voices experiences. This memoir...
I’d like to preface this by saying that my rating is not of the story itself, because 1) it’s...
This memoir was excellent and I would highly recommend! Susan’s mother was a Vietnamese...
This was an interesting story and the forward hooked me. I loved that it started out with the...
This is a very emotional journey that a thirty-something wife, mom, and daughter takes after...
It is not uncommon knowledge that race can be negatively looked upon by humans whether they...
This was just as good as Crying in H Mart. I don't know what it is about Asian memoirs for me,...
Everyone has heard mention of the American Dream, and that is exactly what Susan’s family was...
The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu is a memoir exploring the complicated relationship Susan...
Lieu's memoir tells her family's story of arriving in America as Vietnamese Refugees shortly...
I didn’t think that I could read this book. It would be too much for me, as a fatherless...
This is an intriguing and intimate story about the author’s mother, her life, and legacy, but it...
Susan Lieu’s mother was a force of nature. She, her husband, and two young sons survived five...
In the vein of "Crying in H Mart" and "I'm Glad My Mom Died," "The Manicurist's Daughter" is an...
Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family’s past and about her own future....
I really loved The Manicurist's Daughter. This was such a multifaceted read - the immigration...
Thank you to Bookishfirst and Celadon Books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review The...
Memoirs are my favorite type of nonfiction book. As someone who absolutely loved Crying in H...
I knew, prior to jumping into this one, that I would relate to the aspect of losing a mother at a...
I was so touched by this memoir. The best memoirs in my experience are able to make the most...
Susan Lieu's memoir caught me up from the first paragraph. For me, it was a page turner, and...
The Manicurist's Daughter ~ I love that she got her mother's story out along with the trauma...
This was a really interesting memoir to read especially when I was home recovering from a minor...
The thing with memoirs is they are very I-centric. They are full of "this happened to me", "I...
I'll be honest and upfront in saying that in general, I don't typically enjoy biographies and...
This is my first book by this author which I enjoyed reading. I look forward to seeing what is...
Susan Lieu's memoir, "Manicurist's Daughter," was a thought-provoking read that evoked a range of...
This memoir is a lot to unpack (in a good way)! Susan Lieu focuses on the death of her mother...
I'll be the first to admit that memoir as a genre isn't usually my cup of tea. But upon reading...
I highly recommend this book- and memoirs are not always a genre that I find compelling. There...
Lieu's memoir explores her life before and after the death of her admirable mother, a brave and...
Susan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American born to parents who fled Vietnam and sought refuge in the...
4.5⭐️ The Manicurist’s Daughter is a fascinating and moving memoir of grief, family, and the...
I was not expecting to have the chance to review this incredible book as an Advance Review Copy,...
This was a really interesting memoir, at the most basic level about Susan's desire to uncover...
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