The Rice Room
eBook - PDF

The Rice Room

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Rice Room

About this book

An instant best-seller when originally published in 1994, this expanded and updated edition of The Rice Room tells of growing up with a double identity—Chinese and American. Ben Fong-Torres was torn between an alluring American lifestyle—including Elvis and rock 'n' roll—and the traditional cultural heritage his proud immigrant parents struggled to instill in their five children. Now illustrated with personal family photographs as well as photos of the author with various celebrities, Fong-Torres rounds out his life story with a new final chapter.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Prologue
  4. 1 The Mai Fong
  5. 2 Connivers
  6. 3 The All-American City
  7. 4 Brothers and Sisters
  8. 5 The Gambler
  9. 6 Life Without Father
  10. 7 Route 66
  11. 8 Working For A Living
  12. 9 A New House
  13. 10 The Pink Prison
  14. 11 Summertime Blues
  15. 12 A Summer Song
  16. 13 College Days and Nights
  17. 14 Groovy Kind of Love
  18. 15 On Our Own
  19. 16 Endings and Beginnings
  20. 17 1968
  21. 18 Almost Cut My Hair
  22. 19 Dazed and Confused
  23. 20 Into A Mine Field
  24. 21 An Uncommon Death
  25. 22 Do You Still Feel The Pain
  26. 23 Love The One You're With
  27. 24 Going Home
  28. 25 Full Circles
  29. 26 Revisiting The Rice Room
  30. Epilogue