Oh My Mother!

Reviews

One of Elle’s Best and Most Anticipated Books of 2023
One of Cup of Jo’s Book Recs
One of Oprah Daily’s Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2023
One of Nylon’s 12 May 2023 Books to Add to Your Reading List
One of Bustle’s Most Anticipated Books of Spring and Summer 2023
One of Good Morning America’s 15 Fresh Books to Get Lost in This May
One of Katie Couric Media’s 8 New Books to Add to Your Shelf Immediately
One of Zibby Mag’s Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books
One of BookRiot’s Most Anticipated Travel Books of 2023
One of PureWow’s 14 New (and New-Ish) Books to Read for AAPI Heritage Month
One of TIME’s 8 New Books to Read or Give This Mother’s Day
One of Shondaland’s 5 Books to Read This Mother’s Day
One of Vogue’s 10 of the Best Beach Reads to Lose Yourself in This Summer
One of W Magazine’s 14 New Books to Dive Into This Summer
One of StyleCaster’s 8 Must-Read Books by AAPI Authors
One of Smithsonian’s Ten Best Books About Travel of 2023
One of Brit + Co’s 20 Best Books Of 2023

“Oh My Mother! is pure joy. . . . Alongside the funny stories about [Wang’s mother] Qing are Wang’s sharp cultural observations. . . . the book [is] as unique and charming as its mother-daughter pair.”
—The Washington Post

“Hilarious, candid, and heartfelt . . . It’s like Eat Pray Love meets The Amazing Race with hints of Cathy Park Hong’s hit essay collection, Minor Feelings.” 
—Oprah Daily

“A sort of road trip through a complex mother-daughter relationship in nine essays, journalist Connie Wang’s collection is electric with warmth, humor, and intellect, as so well-captured in the book’s title. A literal translation of the closest Chinese expression to ‘Oh my God,’ Oh My Mother! is poised to be a glowing debut.”
—Elle

“Humorous, endearing, and intimate.”
—TIME

“The stories that journalist and essayist Connie Wang weaves about her mother, Qing Li, are extremely funny . . . but they’re also full of love and empathy, making them the perfect thing to gift your mom (or get for yourself) this summer.”
—Vogue

“In journalist Connie Wang’s loving, candid debut memoir, she explores her relationship with her mother through nine sweet and funny essays—capturing the joys and complexities of big moments, like attending a Magic Mike strip show in Las Vegas or taking edibles in Amsterdam together, to the quiet, small ones.”
—Nylon

“Wang explores all the hilarious, wonderful, wild aspects of her relationship with her mother, Qing Li. . . . Wang tells the type of genuine and relatable stories that mother-daughter partners in crime will cherish.”
—Shondaland

“This heartfelt, hilarious collection of essays from journalist Connie Wang explores the complexity of one of the most impactful relationships in anyone’s lifetime: mother and daughter.”
—W Magazine

“In some ways, this propelling memoir about a mother-daughter duo traveling around the world reads like a mash-up of Eat, Pray, Love and The Amazing Race, but the differences are delightful. . . . There’s also a deeper story here about the growth that comes from getting outside one’s comfort zone. Wang finds her relationship with her mom to be equal parts endearing and infuriating, as only familial ties can be. Their journey may motivate readers to see their own complicated-but-loving bonds in a new light.”
—The Atlantic

“Connie Wang’s memoir examines her relationship with her ‘stubborn and charismatic’ mother, as the pair go on an Eat, Pray, Love-style joyride around the world. From taking edibles in Amsterdam, to visiting ‘restaurants the size of department stores’ in Jinan China, to shuffling through Versailles to visiting a Magic Mike strip spectacular in Las Vegas, this mother-daughter duo are an irresistible pair.”
—Bustle

“Connie Wang’s memoir explores the funny, poignant, and unforgettable moments of a mother-daughter relationship—complete with edibles, trips to Vegas, Versailles, and more unexpected adventures. In other words, this is the perfect Mother’s Day read.”
—Zibby Owens for Katie Couric Media

“Journalist Connie Wang delves deep into her own relationship with her mother in what she calls the ‘oh my god’ moments in their travels. As they go from Vegas to Amsterdam to Versailles, the two of them explore feelings of not belonging, how the love between them swells during the most tense times, and the universal experience of getting to know your family members as people unto themselves.”
—Good Morning America

“Humorous and heartfelt.”
—Smithsonian

“The stories Wang shares will make you smile, and the adventures she goes on with her mom will give you wanderlust!”
—Brit + Co

“This memoir in essays explores journalist Connie Wang’s complex relationship with her mother through nine astonishing moments in their travels together.”
—BookRiot

“In this heartfelt collection of essays, journalist Connie Wang reflects on the adventures she’s had traveling with her mother, Qing Li. . . . Through their adventures Wang also reveals the story of two women learning that once we’re comfortable with the feeling of not belonging, we can experience a kind of freedom.”
—PureWow

“Wang attempts to understand her one-of-a-kind mother, Qing Li, by recounting many of the warm, difficult, funny, complicated, and wholly memorable trips they’ve taken together over the years. With each poignant essay, Wang tells the story of a woman who is at once stubborn and enchanting, and definitely never fails to surprise. . . . By documenting their travels, the memoirist paints a picture of a mother-daughter bond defined by the freedom of not belonging.”
—Thrillist

“Wang is a legend in the world of digital media. . . . Wang not only helped shape an entire generation of Internet content, but has for decades now been a foremost voice in fashion and culture reporting. But if you ask Wang, the real legend and ur-influencer is her mother, Qing Li. . . . In her debut book Oh My Mother!, Connie Wang writes a kind of memoir of her relationship with her mother through a collection of essays about seminal moments in their lives when their travels took them outside of their comfort zone.”
—The 19th News

“Conscientious and effervescent . . . [Wang’s] invigoratingly heartwarming book will have you appreciating and laughing at your own mother-daughter relationship.”
—StyleCaster

“Not only full of moments of joy and pride but also complicated by the immigrant experience and America’s exclusionist history. . . . Wang writes with the humor and authority that only a daughter of immigrant parents could have.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“I just flew through Connie Wang’s new memoir, Oh My Mother!, which chronicles Connie and her mother’s adventures, and the euphoric and disorienting realizations they have about their relationship and the world.”
—Joanna Goddard

“It takes a special kind of bravery to admit your mom is a whole human being whose life did not begin with yours. Never mind writing about that mom and then letting her read it! But Connie Wang is just that brave and more. Equally funny and heartbreaking, luminous and illuminating, Oh My Mother! is a family road trip I wish would never end.”
—John Hodgman

“Mother and daughter relationships are always tricky but this peripatetic pair has outdone all of us with this most excellent adventure written by my namesake, author Connie Wang.”
—Connie Chung

“Oh My Mother! could well be Oh My! It’s really Connie Wang’s journey, with her mother along for the ride, as mentor, antagonist, and instigator of all sorts of adventures and insights. It’s as much a journal of travails as travels, but Wang, a sharp, unsparing journalist, finds and shares lessons at every stop.” 
—Ben Fong-Torres

“An empathetic, nuanced study . . . Wang drives to the heart of how a daughter comes to know her mother as someone with a life beyond motherhood. . . . A creative and entertaining shared memoir of identity, place, and [Wang and her mother’s] indelible connection to each other.”
—Kirkus

“This charming joint memoir . . . is by turns hilarious and touching, and defined by Wang’s loving refusal to take her mother, and anything about her, for granted.”
—Booklist (starred review) Expand reviews