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A Little Too Much Is Enough
A Little Too Much Is Enough | Kathleen Tyau
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A young woman's story of growing up Hawaiian-Chinese. The short chapters deal with various aspects of her upbringing such as mixing poi, pouring tea and learning to dance the hula. Other chapters describe the impact of general events on the family, such as Pearl Harbor and the Vietnam War.
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DebinHawaii
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Day28 #readjanuary #booksbyasianwriters I have many books by Asian authors, both ones I have read and some in my current #TBR stacks. Here's a sampling of eight favorites that I've read and enjoyed over the years. Do you have any favorites here? 📚👍(Let me know if there are any covers you can't see the title or author on and want to know more about.)

Alfoster Never Let Me Go! So good❤! 8y
DebinHawaii @Alfoster Yes, it is one of my all-time favorite books! 💜📚💜 8y
Godmotherx5 I am very interested in The Kathleen Tyau book. 8y
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DebinHawaii @Godmotherx5 It's a good one! Coming of age story of a girl of Chinese descent growing up in Hawaii after WWII. Very local flavor with plenty food. 👍🍍🌴😀 8y
RealLifeReading I am always interested in stories of Chinese diaspora in different countries so I will definitely try to find Tyau's book! 8y
Godmotherx5 My husband & I were planning on going to the bookstore tomorrow. Great timing! 8y
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DebinHawaii
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#Day4 #SeptemberPhotoChallenge #pocauthors I thought I'd use today's challenge to give a shout out to some great local female authors that were born/raised in Hawaii. There are many others but Kathleen Tyau, Nora Okja Keller, Kristiana Kahakauwila, & Lois-Ann Yamanaka are favorites of mine and aren't as well-known as other Asian-American female writers but are amazing and well worth reading if you want to expand your TBR list 📚❤️#somethingforsept

BooksForEmpathy Which ones do you recommend! These all look great! 8y
BooksForEmpathy (I also know that these are all recommended haha! Just looking to add one or two only to be nicer to my boo budget!) 8y
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DebinHawaii @BooksForEmpathy It's OK--books can be your boo! Hah! ❤️📚 A Liitle Tio Much is funny & food filled and a good slice of life as is Wild Meat & the Bully Burgers-so those are the most fun. This is Paradise is a quick read, stories & is great. Any of those would be a good start. 8y
DebinHawaii @BooksForEmpathy On the more poignant, tough to side is Fox Girl about the outcast children left after the Korean War and Makai is about friendship, set after WWII & I bought Behold the Many after hearing the author speak at a writing workshop several months ago but have not read it yet. 8y
LeeRHarry @DebinHawaii I have read when When Strange Gods Call by Pam Chun and loved it! Fox Girl sounds like it would be a very interesting read 😊 8y
DebinHawaii @LeeRHarry I have heard of When Strange Gods Call but have not read it. I read Fox Girl several years ago & just bought a copy of it at the library sale to read it again. Very powerful and moving. It's not set in Hawaii but the author is from here & I had the pleasure of taking a writing workshop with her two years ago. 8y
RealLifeReading Thanks for this great post Deb. I think the only one I've heard of is Fox Girl so I look forward to checking out the rest soon 8y
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