I enjoyed The Manicurist's Daughter as Susan's story wove together so many intricate pieces of who she is and how she evolved into the woman, mother, and artist that she is. The memoir follows themes of loss, self-discovery, intergenerational and intercultural traumas, healing, becoming, and identity. Susan wrote about her family's experience fleeing Vietnam, coming to America, and navigating what it meant to be Vietnamese immigrants - the privilege others had, how Vietnamese women were preyed upon, the differences between Vietnamese and American cultures, and how Susan, the first in her family to be born in America navigated the various cultures. The Manicurist's Daughter follows Susan on her journey of how she faced and learned to navigate her struggles (body image issues, grief, familial trauma, finding oneself). This was a really well-written and personal memoir and one I would recommend.