pickListened to this a couple books ago, a recommendation from @Megabooks from awhile back that I just now got around to. I knew very little about Hong Kong prior to listening to this and now have a real feel for the city through the eyes of Karen Cheung, resident who got her start writing about Hong Kong for foreigners in English publications. Also using for #booked2022 #setinchina which kind of works and kind of doesn‘t lol
pickJuly 17, 2022 Happy reset Sunday! Already halfway through July? Man, July has gone by in a flash, hasn't it??! Anyway, I finished this book and I would give it 4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. If you like autobiographies, try reading this memoir. It is first person persepctive and discusses first hand how Karen felt about living in Hong Kong with all its history and horrifying events aka pandemic and protests etc
July 14, 2022 Today I got my book that I ordered 11 days ago. YES YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT!!! 11 days. Outrageous but i am glad that it is in my possession. My new TBR includes White Fragility {from July 28, 2020} and 101 Essays that will Change the way You Think by Brianna Wiest. I am excited to read it LOL
July 9, 2022 REVIEW TO COME. Meanwhile, please comment below some 2022 autobiographies that I should read later as part of my TBR for August. Yup. We are nearing the halfway mark of July AND August is next month...
July 9, 2022 As of today I am on page 100. There are exactly 293 pages in this book. Memoirs tend to be shorter than other kinds of autobiographies told from the first person point of view. I am enjoying this book because I have been to Hong Kong twice but I dont know much of the history. By reading it, I can get a look into how Hong Kong was versus how the city is now
June 2, 2022 Let's take a moment of silence to appreciate the cover of the book (my next book) and that it is a memoir written by a young Asian woman in her mid 20s!
pickCheung is a journalist who is a Hong Kong native. Caught between the wealthier international school set and her middle class neighbors, she writes about trying to embrace her identity in a city in flux. She shares her difficult home life and the problems of moving out into a city with sky high rent. I appreciated all the artist and activist interviews, and the information about various neighborhoods, too. Really great memoir!
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir | 
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