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Summary: The Los Angeles under an immigrant's eyes
Review: This book is full of funny short essays and amusing anecdotes. Mostly they are about contemporary American society as highlighted by the Generation X-er's and their impact on the Baby Boomers as seen through an immigrant's eyes. The stories reflect American society and culture in Los Angeles and reflects its melting pot composition. The stories also reflect the effects on the various ethnic cultures of the Generation X-er's and the Baby Boomers, as they are affected by American Society.
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Summary: Nothing wrong with L.A. that a tsunami wouldn't fix...
Review: This mid-90s collection of humorous essays concerning the Los Angeles 'burbs is holding up well a half-decade on. Our narrator is outwardly an exotic: a biracial performance artist, but underneath the multiculti veneer the material is familiar stuff. For non-Angelenos it helps to have a map handy, as southern California regional humor involves quite a lot of dropping of place names. And you still won't quite get it when some township or other is used as a punchline.The book gets off to a wobbly start, with some generational generalizing that was out of date before the original newspaper column got to the recycling center. But soon Ms. Loh turns to her career and personal life, and we are in familiar Fran Leibowitz territory. She jokes about her (comparatively) slovenly home life, dates from hell, brain-gnawing jobs, and such. Plenty of sharp observational humor keeps things hopping, and the whole thing is a good two-evening read.
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Summary: Nothing wrong with L.A. that a tsunami wouldn't fix...
Review: This mid-90s collection of humorous essays concerning the Los Angeles 'burbs is holding up well a half-decade on. Our narrator is outwardly an exotic: a biracial performance artist, but underneath the multiculti veneer the material is familiar stuff. For non-Angelenos it helps to have a map handy, as southern California regional humor involves quite a lot of dropping of place names. And you still won't quite get it when some township or other is used as a punchline. The book gets off to a wobbly start, with some generational generalizing that was out of date before the original newspaper column got to the recycling center. But soon Ms. Loh turns to her career and personal life, and we are in familiar Fran Leibowitz territory. She jokes about her (comparatively) slovenly home life, dates from hell, brain-gnawing jobs, and such. Plenty of sharp observational humor keeps things hopping, and the whole thing is a good two-evening read.
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Summary: Sandra Tsing Loh=God
Review: This was one of the most spectacularly funny books I have ever read. Loh's wide-eyed accounts from the fringe are at once illuminating, empowering, and riveting. The location (Los Angeles) is specific, but the themes are universal. Yes, yes, yes.
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Summary: Fran Lebowitz for the 90's
Review: What Fran Lebowitz was to the 70's Sandra Tsing Loh is to the 90's.
Short humorous essays on a variety of themes from Club Med vacations, Temporary Jobs, Computers, Disney and more. Many have an L.A. or urban theme but you don't have to live in L.A. to enjoy this author's humorous style or writing
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Summary: The book is fun, hilarious and very nineties!!!
Review: When I first started reading this book I just did not want to put the book down. All the experiences that Sandra Loh talks about are things in Los Angeles that I also have been through!!! Especially when she is talking about the whole dating scene, I have not had much luck either!!! The book is just so easy to read and very down to earth that it is not at all confusing to read and something that people of all ages can have fun with. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
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