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Photo by Cindy Chew.
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New and Notable NonFiction
By Terry Hong
Special to AsianWeek
Heir to a Silent Song: Two Rebel Women of Nepal
By Barbara Nimri Aziz (Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies)
A history of two revolutionary women in Nepal who challenged corruption and dictatorship, whose stories were deliberately lost and then nearly forgotten, and the author’s own search for truth.
Chinatown Dreams: The Life and Photographs of George Lee
Edited by Geoffrey Dunn (Capitola Book Co.)
A remarkable collection of photos, illuminated by essays written by locals — including George Lee’s nephew, businessman and philanthropist extraordinaire George Ow Jr. — that captures four generations of an extended Chinese American family finding home in Santa Cruz’s Chinatown.
Standard Deviations: Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia
By Karl Taro Greenfeld (Villard Books)
At 23, Greenfeld “set off for Asia to become a writer, intrigued by the lurid tales of booms, busts, drugs, sex, violence, magic.” Part memoir, part social history, all wild ride, Deviations catches glimpses of a changing, bursting, capitalistic Asia from the late ’80s through the end of the 20th century with bad-boy Greenfeld as guide.
Children of the Moon: Discover Your Child Through Chinese Horoscopes
By Theodora Lau (Harper Resource)
At first glance, one might think this is one cheesy title, but the contents redeem: it’s provocative, beautifully rendered and just plain fun. Not to mention just a little bit eerie how it describes both my children to an absolute tee … now how did they do that?
Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American: Schooling Seattle’s Japanese Americans During World War II
By Yoon K. Pak (Routledg/Falmer)
Fascinating look at Japanese American junior high school students writing letters of patriotic loyalty to their homeroom teacher, in the face of impending, unjust internment.
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