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The Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother Is A Literary Masterpiece

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Naomi K
Jun 29, 2011
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This is a really disquieting book in a lot of ways. Despite being of Indian descent (and the child of first-gen immigrants), I was raised in a pretty traditional white American upper-middle-class way. For instance, I do not speak any Indian languages, or play any instruments. So reading a memoir that is meant to indict Western childrearing methods is a …

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