Summary
Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mother's exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices. Full description
- 1: The Chinese mother
- Sophia
- Louisa
- The Chuas
- On generational decline
- The virtuous circle
- Tiger luck
- Lulu's instrument
- The violin
- Teeth marks and bubbles
- "The little white donkey"
- The cadenza
- 2: Coco
- London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay
- Popo
- The birthday card
- Caravan to Chautauqua
- The swimming hole
- How you get to Carnegie Hall
- How you get to Carnegie Hall, part 2
- The debut and the audition
- Blowout in Budapest
- 3: Pushkin
- Rebellion
- Darkness
- Rebellion, part 2
- Katrin
- The sack of rice
- Despair
- "Hebrew melody"
- Red square
- The symbol
- Going West
- The ending.