sical gifts, rebels..\rThe climax of the book occurs in a restaurant, with 13-year-old Lulu screaming, hate the\rviolin. I hate my life. I hate you, and I hate this family!” She throws a water glass to the floor,\rwhere it shatters. The tiger mother relents and gives Lulu permission to quit so she can spend\rmore time playing tennis- a non-Chinese-mother-approved activity. 44If there's a takeaway from\rthe book, it's about a search for balance,Chua says. "And maybe the dominant mainstream\rpermissive Western model is not ideal, but nor is the extremely strict "only violin or piano/ "\rWhile she's at it, Chua would also like people to know she's funny and fun. "My kids actually\rquite like me,“ she says. (609 words )
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