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Sebastian Ritscher |
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THE TIGER MOM'S TALE
This women's fiction debut novel has an immersive sense of place and culture alternating between the past and present in Taiwan and Manhattan.
Lexa Thomas has never quite fit in. Growing up in a family of blondes while looking like Constance Wu, she's neither white enough nor Asian enough. Now thirty-five, she doesn't want children because she won't risk doing to a child what her father did to her. Instead, she finds fulfillment in her job as a personal trainer.
When her estranged father dies unexpectedly leaving the fate of his Taiwanese family in Lexa's hands, her safe life in NYC is no longer enough. She needs to return to Taiwan and claim her place in her heritage, or her Taiwanese family will lose their home.
Armed with the advice of two half-sisters (one American and the other Taiwanese who can't stand each other), a mother who's had a recent change in sexual orientation and a man whose kisses make her walk into walls, Lexa finally confronts the woman who drove her away from Taiwan. As the truth of that long ago summer slowly unfolds, she must stand up for herself and open her heart to love and family or allow her father's estrangement to forever dictate the path of her life.
Lyn Liao Butler was born in Taiwan and moved to the States when she was seven. In her past and present lives, she has been: a concert pianist, a professional ballet and modern dancer, a fitness studio owner, a personal trainer and instructor, an RYT-200 hour yoga instructor, a purse designer with an Etsy shop and most recently, author of multi-cultural women's fiction. Lyn did not have a Tiger Mom. She came about her over-achieving all on her own.
When she is not torturing clients or talking to imaginary characters, Lyn enjoys spending time with her FDNY husband, their son (the happiest little boy in the world), two stubborn dachshunds, and trying crazy yoga poses on a stand-up paddleboard. So far, she has not fallen into the water yet.
When her estranged father dies unexpectedly leaving the fate of his Taiwanese family in Lexa's hands, her safe life in NYC is no longer enough. She needs to return to Taiwan and claim her place in her heritage, or her Taiwanese family will lose their home.
Armed with the advice of two half-sisters (one American and the other Taiwanese who can't stand each other), a mother who's had a recent change in sexual orientation and a man whose kisses make her walk into walls, Lexa finally confronts the woman who drove her away from Taiwan. As the truth of that long ago summer slowly unfolds, she must stand up for herself and open her heart to love and family or allow her father's estrangement to forever dictate the path of her life.
Lyn Liao Butler was born in Taiwan and moved to the States when she was seven. In her past and present lives, she has been: a concert pianist, a professional ballet and modern dancer, a fitness studio owner, a personal trainer and instructor, an RYT-200 hour yoga instructor, a purse designer with an Etsy shop and most recently, author of multi-cultural women's fiction. Lyn did not have a Tiger Mom. She came about her over-achieving all on her own.
When she is not torturing clients or talking to imaginary characters, Lyn enjoys spending time with her FDNY husband, their son (the happiest little boy in the world), two stubborn dachshunds, and trying crazy yoga poses on a stand-up paddleboard. So far, she has not fallen into the water yet.
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Published 2021-07-06 by Berkley |