Read for my final Genre Challenge 2025 prompt (about food), I really enjoyed this personal memoir about growing up as a Welsh-Chinese kid whose parents ran the local Chinese takeaway. I wasn’t fully enamoured with the author’s narration of the audiobook - sometimes it felt like she was rushing through it - but not enough for it to dampen Angela Hui’s story. I don’t think I’ve ever considered just how much work goes into owning and running a takeaway - you must really live and breathe your business! Hui is super forthright about the differences and issues she faced with her parents, mainly due to the difference in communication styles and a growing language barrier as the kids grew up speaking English and giving up on Chinese lessons, while their parents struggled to learn English. The family’s experiences with racism and xenophobia in their small, mostly-white Welsh village were vile, it’s never lost on me that so many white Brits love a Chinese or Indian takeaway, but are so quick to stereotype or outright racially abuse the people who bring this food to them. It was also difficult to read about Angela’s father’s outbursts of rage, and I appreciated her vulnerability.