Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Part One

Chapter 1 — The Chinese Mother

Chapter 2 — Sophia

Chapter 3 — Louisa

Chapter 4 — The Chuas

Chapter 5 — On Generational Decline

Chapter 6 — The Virtuous Circle

Chapter 7 — Tiger Luck

Chapter 8 — Lulu’s Instrument

Chapter 9 — The Violin

Chapter 10 — Teeth Marks and Bubbles

Chapter 11 — “The Little White Donkey”

Chapter 12 — The Cadenza

Part Two

Chapter 13 — Coco

Chapter 14 — London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay

Chapter 15 — Popo

Chapter 16 — The Birthday Card

Chapter 17 — Caravan to Chautauqua

Chapter 18 — The Swimming Hole

Chapter 19 — How You Get to Carnegie Hall

Chapter 20 — How You Get to Carnegie Hall, Part 2

Chapter 21 — The Debut and the Audition

Chapter 22 — Blowout in Budapest

Part Three

Chapter 23 — Pushkin

Chapter 24 — Rebellion

Chapter 25 — Darkness

Chapter 26 — Rebellion, Part 2

Chapter 27 — Katrin

Chapter 28 — The Sack of Rice

Chapter 29 — Despair

Chapter 30 — “Hebrew Melody”

Chapter 31 — Red Square

Chapter 32 — The Symbol

Chapter 33 — Going West

Chapter 34 — The Ending

Coda

Acknowledgements

Notes

About the Author