Hearing a different voice

With this book, I have been hearing a different voice in my head! It is refreshing, challenging and at times, sometimes sad and sometimes funny to hear Amy talking to me about such a personal but universally important subject as Mothering. As a "Western Mom", raised in Scotland with English parents and now living in South London - I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing Amy's views and thank her for her generous contribution to my understanding of diversity and parenting. I will reflect on this and hope to have a better understanding of "Chinese Parenting". I am sending love and respect to your family, Amy, from mine. It was good for me that Amy kept the dogs in - my childhood dog was also a naughty and independent beautiful Samoyed.

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Gripping and Uplifting.

As a mother, I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book. I was fascinated and hooked from day 1. I listened attentively as I drove the long drive to and from work and I could not wait to get back into the car again to find out what would happen next. When I finished reading the book, I felt like starting all over again. Thank you Amy for your spellbinding tales. I will surely adopt some of your practices to raise my daughter ( Caribbean heritage and first generation to be raised in western world). Though, I must admit I did find that sometimes you were quite tenacious in your approach.

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Great story Telling!

Loved it. Eye opening insight into how pushing our children to be the best can have its disadvantages, but understanding that one must find a balance

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A different cultural perspective on parenting

An interesting read on different cultural ideas on education and parenting from a Chinese mother with her American Chinese girls..

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Interesting to hear how others do it...

Heard about this book after seeing a clip of the 'controversial' author on Oprah. Having now 'read' the book I found it interesting to hear how another mother decided to bring up her daughters and the results her methods received. This book has several stories which I found myself sharing or discussing with friends so it's definitely worth a read, even though you probably won't agree with all her views.

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Fascinating

I’m glad she wasn’t my mother. A great insight into her family life, but it wouldn’t be a choice that I would make.

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No matter what you do, put in your 10,000 hours

Some may say it’s harsh parenting (some bits arguable are). But what you learn at the end is, creating character and a hard working ethic in children, which at a young age truly helps build their talents is so important. Not all children will have that drive to pursue greatness, but as parents we are given the choice on how we build that in them. And this book as given me personally so much hope!

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Fascinating book on how others mothers do it...

At the end of the book you will either like or loathe Amy Chua. She tells her 'Chinese' story for Westerners, and her discipline, drive and ambition are frightening and fascinating. I didn't loathe her and although I felt desperately sorry for her children on some occasions, I do feel that she did give them gifts that they will carry with them all their lives. While I would never condone her child rearing method, it certainly made me take a good long look at my own easy going family and wonder if perhaps I should ramp up my 'Tiger Mothering' to wean my son off the ps3 so he could practice his drums more!
It is a very well written book and I particularly liked the fact that she narrates it.

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Brilliant, funny, self-deprecating

I really enjoyed this book. Amy Chua is a gifted comic writer, her humour is wry and her timing is perfect. She delivers one-liners and put-downs (many aimed at herself) which made me laugh out loud, especially being a mother myself and recognising many situations she describes with her daughters. I almost howled with laughter when she gets super-competitive about her dog as well. Chua is priceless, and her reading of her own memoir is flawless, her voice captivating and very ironic. How can this woman be also a professor of law? She is monstrously gifted - or just raised that way by her parents!

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A real insight...!

Where does The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's one of the best

What other book might you compare The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother to, and why?

I can't think if any other book quite like it!

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Don't want to spoil it but I will just say "red square"

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

As above

Any additional comments?

We'll read. Simply could not stop listening!

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