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Just Like Really : An Uncommon Chinese American Memoir by Cherylene Lee (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLongevity Press
ISBN-100996118403
ISBN-139780996118408
eBay Product ID (ePID)227642582
Product Key Features
Book TitleJust like Really : an Uncommon Chinese American Memoir
Number of Pages324 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Acting & Auditioning
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorCherylene Lee
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight20.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-904357
Designed byLarson, Barbara Leung
SynopsisShe was Gene Kelly's favorite TV dancing partner at age 5, performing in Las Vegas by age 7, this "Chinese Shirley Temple" appeared in scores of movies and TV shows throughout her childhood, Lee recounts the evolution of a Chinese American child performer during the 1950s and 1960s through interactions with her family and with Hollywood luminaries of bygone years. What happened when Lee grew up into the "awkward years," too young to play the ingenue, too old to play the cute Asian orphan she'd portrayed in countless TV shows? Lee pivoted into studying paleontology as she described in her widely published short story, "Hollywood and the Pits." After six years in academia studying fossils, she returned to the stage to perform in A Chorus Line in 1977. Upon receiving her MS degree in geology, Lee managed an alternative wastewater treatment plant as a Disney Imagineer before finding her life's work as an award-winning dramatist. This "Uncommon Chinese American Memoir" reveals a life of reinvention, resourcefulness and resilience. Most memorably it shines with the humor of her 94-year-old mother, who tells her, "You'll be just like really" (meaning better than the original), when the author is faced with her latest life challenge., The humorous path from Hollywood child performer to paleontologist to award winning playwright for a Chinese American woman who grew up in the 1960s recounted through narrative, dialogues with her mother, and 45 photos.
LC Classification NumberPN2287.L28983A3 2015
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- 18 Jan, 2023
Expensive but worth it!
Expensive but worth it. A fairly rare book from an above average writer, in well above average condition for its age. Thanks.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
