An answer to Amy ChuaтАЩs Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, author Kim Wong KeltnerтАЩs Tiger Babies Strike Back takes the control-freak beast by the tail with a humorous and honest look at the issues facing women todayтАФChinese-American and otherwise.
Keltner, the author of the novels Buddha Baby and I Want Candy, mines her own past in an attempt to dispel the myth that all Chinese women are Tiger Mothers. Keltner strikes back at ChuaтАЩs argument through topics, including тАЬEast Meets West in the Board Room and the Bedroom,тАЭ and тАЬI Was Raised by a Tiger Mom and All I Got Was this Lousy T-Shirt: A Rebuttal to Chua.тАЭ
Through personal anecdotes and tough-love advice, KeltnerтАЩs witty and forthright opinions evoke an Asian-American Sex and the City, while showing how our families shape our personal worlds.
The only thing that keeps Kim Wong Keltner from writing is when sheтАЩs trapped under an avalanche of her daughterтАЩs stuffed animals. Keltner is the author of The Dim Sum of All Things, Buddha Baby, and I Want Candy. Tiger Babies Strike Back is her first work of nonfiction.