No, Really, Where Are You From?: Personal Stories of Chinese Identity Retention and Loss.

by Nancy Ng

In No, Really, Where Are You From? Nancy Ng tells the insightful true stories of how eight Chinese individuals, young and old and from various economic backgrounds, negotiated being a visible minority in mainstream Canada. With insight and inspiration, Ng writes of these remarkable people’s experiences with their Chinese culture from childhood to adulthood. No, Really, Where Are You From? not only discusses the importance of global migration and its impact on ethnic identity; it also tells the stories of those who have first-hand experience of the issue. Ethnic identity retention and loss is never black and white… it is constantly reshaping and redefining itself.

201 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 2012

Reviews

[CL Marlowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is ok, the stories are interesting but the writer, while adequate, is boring and lacsidasical. I was tired early on from the narrative voice and didn’t feel as connected to her or the people she interviewed due to this.