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The sweet and sour sides of growing up in a Chinese takeaway

23 July 2022

9:00 AM

23 July 2022

9:00 AM

Takeaway: Stories From a Childhood Behind the Counter Angela Hui

Trapeze, pp.352, 16.99

Angela Hui was born into a life of service: Chinese takeaway service. Her parents had fled mainland China, where they experienced borderline starvation under the communist regime before arriving as exotic newcomers to provincial South Wales in 1985. There they become part of a Chinese diaspora, financially sustained by dozens of family-run takeaways dotted across the Valleys.

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