Parenting with an accent : how immigrants honor their heritage, navigate setbacks, and chart new paths for their children
(2021)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
306.874/RUMER,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 213 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780807021873, 0807021873 :, 0807021873, 9780807021873
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
I Am the Grinch Who Stole Christmas -- The Beet Test -- Then Comes Baby in a Baby Carriage -- Vodka Rubs and Other Family Advice -- The Polyglot Boardinghouse -- Bilingualism: An Uphill Battle, Sometimes -- Standing Watch -- The Experts Weigh In -- Nannies and Daycares and Grandmas, Oh My! -- Protests and Myths -- Live and Learn -- "They Say Little Racist Things" -- Between Two Worlds -- Finding Home
"A candid portrait of the realities, challenges, and joys many contemporary immigrants confront while raising a new generation of Americans."--