Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A Memoir Lifestyle Praised by voices as wide-ranging

Praised by voices as wide-ranging as Gloria Steinem and Roland Martin

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Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A Memoir Lifestyle Praised by voices as wide-rangingAn immigrant mothers long held secrets upend her daughters understanding of her family, her identity, and her place in the world in this powerful and dramatic memoirCarmen Rita Wong has always craved a sense of belonging: First as a toddler in a warm room full of Black and brown Latina women, like her mother, Lupe, cheering her dancing during her childhood in Harlem. And in Chinatown, where her immigrant father, Papi Wong, a hustler, would show her