Cover of "Stealing Buddha's Dinner"
A Memoir about the childhood of Bich Minh Nguyen
I am currently reading "Stealing Buddha's Dinner" which is a story about a Vietnamese Family who had to move into Grand Rapids, Michigan because of the Vietnam War.
Both places have many differences from each other that give the Vietnamese Family a very large cultural barrier. When the new family moved in their rental home they were very wary about people, the father would constantly look out the window to check if any was outside and the grandfather would sleep with a large sword.Another barrier that they faced were that the kids are obsessed with food, it would seem that no one of them can get enough, they would have 1-3 fruits a day and always complain about having to put food around the Buddha statue.
It would seem that this book is revolved around their food addictions, when Bich's father got married to an American named Rosa who never let the kids have any snacks, so to compensate "" would steal or sneak food out of the kitchen just to get a quick bite.
Also people treated the main character Bich cruelly, at school everyone would call her Bitch instead of Bich - which is pronounced Bit - which made her want to have an American name very badly. Also the family in general was always out, Rosa would always get off brand foods and the no-name brands of items, which obviously made Bich jealous because her next door neighbor always had the best kinds of food which Bich liked because she herself loved food.
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