Oh My Mother A Memoir In Nine Adventures Connie Wang by Connie Wang instant download after payment.

A dazzling mother-daughter adventure around the world in pursuit of self-discovery, a family reckoning, & Asian American defiance

In Chinese, the closest expression to oh my god is wo de ma ya. It’s an interjection, a polite expletive, something to say when you’re out of words. Translated literally, it means oh my mother—the instinctual first person you think of when you’re on the cusp of losing it, or putting it all together.

In each essay of this hilarious, heartfelt, & pitch-perfectly honest memoir, journalist Connie Wang explores her complicated relationship to her stubborn & charismatic mother, Qing Li, through the “oh my god” moments in their travels together. From attending a Magic Mike strip show in Vegas to experimenting with edibles in Amsterdam to flip-flopping through Versailles, this iconic mother-daughter duo venture into the world to find their place in it, & sometimes rail against it—as well as against each other.

There are hijinks, capers, & adventures. There is also tenderness, growth, & discovery. In telling these stories about the places they’ve gone & the things they’ve done, Wang reveals another story: the true story of two women who finally learned that once we are comfortable with the feeling of not belonging—once we can reject the need to belong to any place, community, census, designation, or nation—we can experience something almost like freedom.

Connie Wang is a journalist, writer, & editor. Previously she led Refinery29's editorial team as executive editor, where she explored how race & status inform our culture & politics. She has won three Front Page Awards & has written for outlets including the New York Times. A graduate of UC Berkeley, she was born in Jinan, China, raised in Minnesota, & lives in Los Angeles.