Ep. 92 Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li -- The Stacks Book Club (Vanessa Hua)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

It is a brand new year, and a we've got a brand new episode of The Stacks!

We've brought back Vanessa Hua (A River of Stars) to discuss Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li, a novel about a family restaurant and the drama that comes along with it. We talk about how books are edited and streamlined, immigrants working in food industries, and what it means to be authentic.

There are spoilers on this episode.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2020/01/01/ep-92-number-one-chinese-restaurant

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. Today on the Stacks Book Club,
0:14.0	we have brought back author Vanessa Hua
0:17.0	to help us discuss Lillian Lee's book
0:19.0	Number One Chinese Restaurant.
0:21.0	There will be spoilers today.
0:23.1	So if you haven't read the book yet, go ahead and pause and come back once you finished.
0:27.6	Before we get to the episode, here's a little bit of housekeeping.
0:30.6	All right, here it is your weekly reminder. Everything we talk about on today's episode
0:34.3	can be found in the show notes.
0:36.2	There is a link there that will take you
0:37.6	to all the books discussed today,
0:39.1	as well as the social media accounts for the stacks
0:41.3	and our guests.
0:42.3	Plus, if you shop through the links on Amazon,
0:44.0	you're helping to keep the Stacks free.
0:46.0	If you're looking for an amazing book recommendation,
0:48.0	send us an email to asking the Stacks
0:51.0	at Gmail.com.
0:52.0	Myself and my guest will read it on air. to asking the stacks at gmail.com.
0:52.8	Myself and my guest will read it on air,
0:55.0	discuss it, and then give you a personalized book recommendation
0:58.2	or five.
	...

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