The
Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir & Manual
Comments from Readers
The
reception by readers of Cathy Bao Bean's book, The
Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manual (We
Press, 2002), has been quite gratifying.
Please scroll down to read a selection of comments by reviewers and readers:
 “I began reading immediately and quickly became immersed in your beautifully
crafted stories and observations. Having been raised by parents of a different
ethnic background, I enjoy reading the works of others who have struggled with
some of the same multicultural issues. With age came the ever increasing appreciation
for our family traditions and culture, and the ability to pass them on to our
children.”
– Maureen Moses
“I have been reading your book slowly. Savoring every page,
and I love it. I guess I've gotten to see more of you than I expected.”
- Doug Anderson
“This book does for the mind what 'sweet and sour' does
for the palate. It is spicy and poignant; it takes your breath
away and leaves you hungering for more."
- Carol R. Ochs, author
of Our Lives as Torah
“Zany, moving, hilarious, and deep--not infrequently all
at once -- Cathy Bao Bean gives us a rollicking tour of the Bean
method of merging work and play while negotiating cultural and
generational divides.”
- Celia Morris, author of Fanny
Wright: Rebel in America and Finding Celia's Place
“…Bao
Bean's postwar adventures evoke the America of Breakfast at Tiffany's
and Auntie Mame. If these stories...remind us of nothing so much
as the picaresque, we remember that the picaresque is the single
most characteristic genre of postwar literature.”
Ralph V. Norman, editor of Soundings, An
Interdisciplinary Journal
"Cathy
Bao Bean writes as she speaks--with verve, flair, and bounce.
Anyone with half an ear and one good eye will enjoy reading
this book."
Merrill Maguire Skaggs, the late Baldwin Professor
of Humanities, Drew University
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