Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir

"NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON ABC • Just may be the best new comedy of [the year] .

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based on restaurateur Eddie Huang’s memoir of the same name .

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[a] classic fresh-out-of-water comedy."—People "Bawdy and frequently hilarious .

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a surprisingly sophisticated memoir about race and assimilation in America .

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as much James Baldwin and Jay-Z as Amy Tan .

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rowdy [and] vital .

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It’s a book about fitting in by not fitting in at all."—Dwight Garner, The New York Times NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS Assimilating ain’t easy.

Eddie Huang was raised by a wild family of FOB ("fresh off the boat") immigrants—his father a cocksure restaurateur with a dark past back in Taiwan, his mother a fierce protector and constant threat."