Mott Street by Ava Chin
€26.50
"Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming" is a powerful and moving narrative that traces the journey of a Chinese American family navigating the complexities of exclusion, identity, and the quest for a place to call home.
In this captivating book, the author invites readers into the lives of the Wong family, whose experiences span generations and continents. From the vibrant streets of Mott Street in New York City's Chinatown to the struggles and triumphs of immigration and assimilation, their story unfolds against the backdrop of a society marked by discrimination and prejudice.
As the only child of a single mother in Queens, Ava Chin found her family’s origins to be shrouded in mystery. She had never met her father, and her grandparents’ stories didn’t match the history she read at school. Mott Street traces Chin’s quest to understand her Chinese American family’s story. Over decades of painstaking research, she finds not only her father but also the building that provided a refuge for them all.
Hardcover book
400 pages
This book is part of Hallesches Haus’s Summer 2023 selection
Family Drama
Whether you love your family or want to abolish the family, we have chosen a selection of books – novels, non-fiction, poetry and memoir – that attest to what we all know to be true: family is complicated business.
With the change of the season, at Hallesches Haus we create a new reading list full of books that inspire us on a loose topic. Whether you tend towards novels, poetry, non-fiction, self-help or genre fiction, we hope that the selection will surprise you and lead you discover a title outside your reading list.
Discover more books here!
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P.F. Candle Teakwood & Tobacco Large
€39.00
P.F. Candle began as a one-woman operation in Los Angeles in 2008. It’s grown a lot since then, but still retains a commitment to sustainability and the use of all-natural ingredients. The entire P.F. collection is vegan, cruelty-free, and phthalate-free — always.
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Teakwood & Tobacco:
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Rapeseed Wax Candle
€45.00
These scented rapeseed candles are all hand-poured into beautiful recycled amber glass jars in a small studio located in Amsterdam. The candles emit a warming glow and work well in everyone’s interior
Indio
Inspired by the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, held in Indio, California. With its balsamic and clean fir needle, earthy patchouli, tangy blood orange and smoky birch, one whiff of Indio and you will feel the desert heat
Top: Fir Needle, Blood Orange
Heart: Patchouli, Bergamot
Base: Cedarwood, Birch
Pilton
Inspired by the one and only Glastonbury Festival, held in Pilton, England. Soft and woody sandalwood, musky amber, earthy cedar, a hint of cinnamon, some hidden spices and a touch of raspberry. Bold and complex, yet calming, Pilton will take you on a walk through the green fields of Somerset.
Top: Sandalwood, Amber
Heart: Black pepper, Raspberry
Base: Cedarwood, Cinnamon, Bergamot
Naeba
Taking inspiration from the magical Fuji Rock Festival, held on the slopes of Mount Naeba, Japan. Potent freshness & citrusy tones of Japanese grapefruit Yuzu, cool and clean tea-tree, herbaceous sage and a touch of sensual sweetness of ylang- ylang. One smell of Naeba, and you'll find yourself surrounded by the forests of Niigata.
Top: Yuzu (Japanese Grapefruit)
Heart: Tea-Tree, Sage
Base: Ylang-Ylang
Ingredients: 100% natural rapeseed wax, essential oils, paraben-free botanical fragrances and cotton wick. Lids are aluminium and packaging is 100% plastic-free.
Size:
- 170ml equals a burn time of 45-50 Hours
- 500ml equals a burn time of 65 Hours (3 wick)
Mind And Body Book
€22.00
A practical and playful guide to balancing and maintaining physical and mental harmony.
The modern world can present the body as a machine that just needs to be regularly exercised. However, it is a remarkably sensitive organ in which a lot of our pain and hope is stored and that we need to interpret and handle with subtlety. This impact of our body upon our mind is something that needs to be explored as it is easy to pay attention to one more than the other and to ignore the crucial balance between the two.
Hardcover book | 248 Pages
20x14 cm
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