Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters - Couverture souple

Choi, Annie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0061132225 ISBN 13 : 9780061132223

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

Happy Birthday or Whatever Meet Annie Choi. She fears cable cars and refuses to eat anything that casts a shadow. Her brother thinks chicken is a vegetable. Her father occasionally starts fires at work. Her mother collects Jesus trading cards and wears plaid like it's a job. No matter how hard Annie and her family try to understand one another, they often come up hilariously short. But in the midst of a family crisis, Annie comes to realize that the only way to survive one another is to stick together . . . as difficult as that might be. Annie Choi's Happy Birthday or Whatever is a sidesplitting, eye-opening, and transcendent tale of coping with an infuriating, demanding, but ultimate...

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Meet Annie Choi. She fears cable cars and refuses to eat anything that casts a shadow. Her brother thinks chicken is a vegetable. Her father occasionally starts fires at work. Her mother collects Jesus trading cards and wears plaid like it's a job. No matter how hard Annie and her family try to understand one another, they often come up hilariously short.

But in the midst of a family crisis, Annie comes to realize that the only way to survive one another is to stick together . . . as difficult as that might be. Annie Choi's Happy Birthday or Whatever is a sidesplitting, eye-opening, and transcendent tale of coping with an infuriating, demanding, but ultimately loving Korean family.

Revue de presse :

“Hilarious and heartfelt -- an exasperated valentine to Annie Choi’s unforgettable family.” (Jancee Dunn, author of BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME)

“[I]ndelible, poignant, and often riotously funny scenes of a daughter’s frustrations and indestructible love.” (Booklist)

“...laugh-out-loud funny.” (Kirkus Reviews)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061132225
• ISBN 13: 9780061132223
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256