Rachel Phan's debut coming-of-age story\, Restaurant Kid\, is a \;warm and poignant narrative about fin ding one&rsquo\;s self amidst the grind of restaurant life\, the cross-gen erational immigrant experience\, and a daughter&rsquo\;s attempts to conne ct with parents who have always been just out of reach.
\nWhen she w as three years old\, Rachel Phan met her replacement. Instead of a new sib ling\, her mother and father&rsquo\;s time and attention were suddenly dev oted entirely to their new family restaurant. For her parents&mdash\;whose own families fled China during Japanese occupation and then survived bomb s and starvation during the war in Vietnam&mdash\;it was a dream come true . For Phan\, it was something quite different. Overnight\, she became a re staurant kid\, living on the periphery of her own family and trying her be st to stay out of the way.
\nPhan deftly combines candour\, wit and insight to craft a vibrant and important narrative on the strength and foi bles of family\, and how we come to understand ourselves.
\nA Differ ent Drummer Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after th e talk.
\nPresented in partnership with Douglas &\; McIntyre
\ nRachel Phan is a Chinese Canadian author wh o was born and raised in a small town in Southern Ontario\, where she was one of only two racialized people in her class. A graduate of Toronto Metr opolitan University&rsquo\;s Master of Journalism program\, she&rsquo\;s s hared her stories on CBC\, HuffPost\, the National Post and M aclean&rsquo\;s. Rachel&rsquo\;s work often explores the impacts of r acism\, assimilation\, fetishization\, and forced displacement on one&rsqu o\;s feelings of identity\, belonging\, and self-worth. \;
\nBor row Restaurant Kid from our collection.\n
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