The Measure of a Man : The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit (Paperback)

from Lindsay_W

"The suit tells the tale of the man who wears it." In the Measure of a Man, Lee sets out to alter his deceased father's suit in an attempt to understand how the threads of his own life were woven. The alteration process releases long dormant memories of a childhood filled with alcoholism and abus...

from lydia1879

This book surprised me. I didn't expect to like it. I picked it up because I gravitate towards immigrant stories, being an immigrant myself. There's something about the dual-identities that draw me in, and then a deeper realisation, that immigrants are not Chinese and Canadian, or, in my case, Au...

from hvanwillegen

JJ Lee tells the sad story of his relationship with his father as he alters his father's suit. Wonderful story intertwined with the history of the man's suit. Thoroughly enjoyable read!

from hvanwillegen

JJ Lee tells the sad story of his relationship with his father as he alters his father's suit. Wonderful story intertwined with the history of the man's suit. Thoroughly enjoyable read!