Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen

Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh NguyenWinner of the PEN Jerard Award Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year Kiriyama Notable Book "[A] perfectly pitched and prodigiously detailed memoir." Boston Globe As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre PC era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic seeming

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These experiments include: • Look in the Mirror – learning about Mirror Principle and self-love • Affirm Your Life – creating a Personal Manifesto of affirmations for your life • Follow Your Joy – trusting your inner wisdom and creating an Affirmation Board • Forgive the Past – healing your future

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