Bookworm, no. 120
Jadine Ngan reviews Rachel Phan’s “Restaurant Kid.” Mobólúwajídìde D. Joseph on “As the Earth Dreams,” edited by Terese Mason Pierre. A cover artist Q&A. Inside the November issue.
May Days
Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging
Rachel Phan
Douglas & McIntyre
272 pages, softcover and ebook
Rachel Phan was three when her parents, Chinese refugees from postwar Vietnam, opened their first restaurant, in Kingsville, Ontario. The May May Inn represented Tran and Hy Phan’s path to the Canadian dream, but the demands of the business…
