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02802aam a22004338i 4500 001 7BBE732ABB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240125010040 008 231111s2024 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2023032071 020 $a 1250835046 020 $a 9781250835048 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c LBSOR $d DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 979.4004959/22073092 082 00 $a B $2 23/eng/20231220 100 1 $a Lieu, Susan, $e author. 245 14 $a The manicurist's daughter : $b a memoir / $c Susan Lieu. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2403 264 1 $a New York : $b Celadon Books, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success-until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what happened. For the next twenty years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone-why did the most perfect person in her life want to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother's life in Vietnam? And how did this surgeon, who preyed on Vietnamese immigrants, go on operating after her mother's death? Sifting through depositions, tracking down the surgeon's family, and enlisting the help of spirit channelers, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of beauty. The Manicurist's Daughter is much more than a memoir about grief, trauma, and body image. It is a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Lieu, Susan. 600 10 $a Lieu, Susan $x Family. 650 0 $a Vietnamese Americans $z California $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of immigrants $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mother and child. 650 0 $a Surgery, Plastic $x Complications. 650 0 $a Bereavement. 941 $a 8 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010329.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240507010401.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240409013002.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240402013257.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012803.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240402012051.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240402010948.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240402010450.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7BBE732ABB4F11EE9799A7D243ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search