Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

A SUNDAY TIMES. AND NEW YORK TIMES. BESTSELLER: the most talked-about book of the year. 'Blissfully funny'. India Knight, Sunday Times. 'Entertaining, bracingly honest and, yes, thought-provoking'. New York Times. 'A treat from first to last: ruefully funny, endlessly self-deprecating, riven with ironies. I relished this memoir'. I. Updated. with a new postscript by Amy Chua and a letter from her eldest daughter, Sophia Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.