Tiger Daughter, Rebecca Lim
Tiger Daughter, Rebecca Lim
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Tiger Daughter

Author: Rebecca Lim

Narrator: Siho Ellsmore

Unabridged: 3 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/15/2023

Synopsis

★FIVE STARRED REVIEWS★ NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS, BOOKLIST AND MORE!

Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is an award-winning novel about finding your voice amidst the pressures of growing up in an immigrant home told from the perspective of a remarkable young Chinese girl.

Wen Zhou is a first-generation daughter of Chinese migrant parents. She has high expectations from her parents to succeed in school, especially her father whose strict rules leave her feeling trapped. She dreams of creating a future for herself more satisfying than the one her parents expect her to lead. 

Then she befriends a boy named Henry who is also a first generation immigrant. He is the smartest boy at school despite struggling with his English and understands her in a way nobody has lately. Both of them dream of escaping and together they come up with a plan to take an entrance exam for a selective school far from home. 

But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen’s resilience and tiger strength to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows. 

Tiger Daughter is a coming-of-age novel that will grab hold of you and not let go.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Reading_ on January 19, 2025

*Patriarchal family issues *Bullying *Death and grief, loss of a parent *Suicide *Taboo on mental health, depression *Racism, discrimination *Domestic violence All these issues are represented in the book. The writing is amazing. I really, really hate this guy as a father and a husband. But yes, more power t......more

Goodreads review by Ellie on June 30, 2021

3.5/5 stars Tiger Daughter follows Wen Zhou, the only child of Chinese immigrants in Australia. I loved Wen and thought she was very well-written and strong. The core of this book, to me, is her relationship with her mother while the two endure the abusive wrath of Wen’s father. It was tragic to......more

Goodreads review by Christine Lucia Asha on May 06, 2025

This book was wo00h, I thought my parents were strict. If they were tiger parents, then this girl's parents are rabid saber-tooth, at least her father seems to be. She is struggling to become herself and overcome barriers that both her parents and society have place in her way. She has a good friend......more

Goodreads review by Cherlynn | cherreading on June 15, 2022

Author's note: ✨ "You are not alone. Things will change. Things will not always seem so narrow and impossible and immutable. One day you will be free — but it will be up to you to push back, to step outside the boundaries that other people have drawn out for you, to see over the edges of the box, to......more

Quotes

“What a powerful read! Heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting, Wen and Henry are characters you can't help but care deeply about. A beautiful emotional story that hits hard and deep and will leave readers thinking about it for a very long time." —Ellen Oh, author of Finding Junie Kim

★ "Tough but uplifting and, above all, heartfelt." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ “Young readers will enjoy the story’s satisfying conclusion and its reminder to work hard and never forget your dreams.”—School Library Journal, starred review

★ "Empathy and kindness prevail in this novel as mother and daughter both learn it is better to risk everything to do what is important rather than take no action, turning a bleak story into one about resilience and change." —The Horn Book, starred review

★ "An eye-opening novel that covers weighty issues of abuse, grief, mental health stigma, racism, and sexism." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "A middle-school must-read."—Booklist, starred review

"An immersive coming-of-age exploration that should resonate regardless of readers' backgrounds....champions empathy and kindness." —Shelf Awareness

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