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Xuan Juliana Wang's debut collection of short stories, Home Remedies, is split into three sections, 'Family', 'Love' and 'Time' - though I wasn't sure this division was necessary, as while the stories do fall into certain groups, they don't mirror these themes. Wang showcases her versatility by writing in a number of different registers. Another lot - 'Mott Street in July' - 'White Tiger of the West' - adopt a more distant third-person register and explore generational dynamics with reference to more traditional Chinese ways of life. It's not surprising that the best story in the collection, 'Vaulting the Sea', which considers the relationship between two young male synchronised divers who represent China in international competitions, doesn't fit into any of these slots. However, although I appreciated its sympathetic development of one young man's feelings for the other, it concludes with an image that underlines the symbolism of the story far too obviously. This sits in contrast to the majority of the stories in this collection, which go too far the other way and simply trail off with no sense of resolution.
Xuan Juliana Wang’s “Home Remedies” is a very fresh collection of short stories. Fresh in the sense that it breaks with the more traditional way of tackling immigration or identity by older generations of Chinese-American authors. Wang is a millennial, just 7 years younger than I am, and as she said in the conversation in the podcast Between the Covers , she comes from a place of “not trying to make my parents understand me; not setting myself against who they want me to be”.
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This was another story collection from the Tournament of Books longlist. “Fuerdai to the Max” – about second generation Chinese rich kids who are used to not being held accountable for their actions and what happens when that day of reckoning finally arrives. This was an interesting one and I loved the angle the author took in relaying the events as they unfolded. “For Our Children and For Ourselves” – about a rich, successful business woman arranging a marriage for her special needs daughter and the implications of that decision for all involved. This one was the most heartbreaking story for me, not necessarily because of how the story evolved, but the feelings evoked from what was not said – feelings that felt so familiar to me.
I chose this collection of short stories because i want to read more asian american literature, and this book was a solid choice! There was a huge variety in voices and backgrounds that i was shocked all these short stories came from the same author. But i felt that most of the stories fell a little flat- maybe half of them started strong but ended nowhere, and i felt myself longing for something more in the ones w promising themes. The collection is divided in three sections ('Family', 'Love', 'Time & Space'), each containing 4 stories. One would think that these stories somehow focused on the topic of the section they are in, but they don't.
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A smaller thicker book with one plant on a page would be better handled. Then list plant, how to identify, uses, and how to prepare, etc. Maybe just say infusion, decoction, tea, etc. and have how to make these in a separate section if no room on a smaller page. The Native Americans held a deep and special connection with the earth and the plants sprouting from it.
By the time the police tried to find me at school, I was out of the country. Zhang, Ming, Yuyao, Jirui, Kao, Duo Duo, Fung, it was all the same to the cops. They couldn't tell us apart, they didn't know if a person was missing, just thought it was one person with three names or three people with the same name. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Home Remedies by Xuan Juliana Wang.
This is one of those cases in which the author's being a "millennial" is incidental. “Algorithmic Problem Solving for Father-Daughter Relationships” – about a father who uses equations and algorithms to explain his relationship with his daughter, this was a fun one that depicts what happens when cultures clash within a family. “Vaulting the Sea” – a coming-of-age story about two synchronized divers on the verge of finding success at the Olympics. This was a beautifully rendered story that I felt was the most real in the way it dealt with the characters’ emotions and relationships. Big 7” x 9” hardbound book—made to last and share with future generations. Kinda disappointed, there aren’t many natural remedy’s in this.
Thank you again, Hogarth, for allowing me to read Home Remedies in advance — it was a wonderful experience. I read Home Remedies less than a week ago and I can hardly remember any of its stories. “Mott Street in July” – about the transformation a Chinese family undergoes after immigrating to the United States – the opportunities they gain but also the sacrifices they have to make. As an immigrant myself, this was the story I was able to relate to the most.
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