The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is Kingston's disturbing and fiercely beautiful account of growing up Chinese-American in California. The young Kingston lives in two worlds: the America to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's "talk stories." Her mother tells her traditional tales of strong, wily women warriors - tales that clash puzzlingly with the real oppression of women.

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Awards & Nominations

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

1978 · Literary Award

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National Book Critics Circle Award

1976 · General Nonfiction

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