{"id":126,"date":"2023-03-25T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T19:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avachin.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2024-02-19T08:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:15:24","slug":"and-the-reviews-are-truly-splendid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/25\/and-the-reviews-are-truly-splendid\/","title":{"rendered":"And the reviews are&#8230;truly splendid!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/avachin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MottStreet-QuoteCardSquare-PW.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a month shy of pub date for Mott Street (April 25th!), but already the reviews are coming in strong. In <strong>starred reviews<\/strong>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9780525557371\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/em><\/a> called it &#8220;Stunning,&#8221; and <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/ava-chin\/mott-street\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kirkus Reviews<\/a><\/em> described it as &#8220;Elegantly written&#8230;a lively memoir that&#8230;helps us understand the troubled history of our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/review\/mott-street-a-chinese-american-familys-story-of-exclusion-and-homecoming-1795259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library Journal<\/a><\/em> deemed Mott Street &#8220;beautifully written&#8221; and &#8220;relevant.&#8221; After so many years of working on the book, I couldn&#8217;t be happier over these wonderful reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mott Street is available for pre-order <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/563929\/mott-street-by-ava-chin\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and at your local booksellers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The NYC launch will be on <strong>April 26th<\/strong>\u2014check back soon for book tour dates, including Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a month shy of pub date for Mott Street (April 25th!), but already the reviews are coming in strong. In starred reviews, Publisher&#8217;s Weekly called it &#8220;Stunning,&#8221; and Kirkus Reviews described it as &#8220;Elegantly written&#8230;a lively memoir that&#8230;helps us understand the troubled history of our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,13,24,23,14,10,22],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-asian-americans","tag-biography","tag-book-tour","tag-memoir","tag-mott-street","tag-penguin-press","tag-publishers-weekly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avachin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}