Flying Camels and Tiger Mothers

by Andy Schell

The only thing sharper than a skater's blade is her mother. Mei Chen, an elite-level figure skater trying to qualify for the Olympics, is the daughter of an intensely focused Chinese immigrant mother, Ming. Raised in a hot-house environment, Mei's life is a torturous combination of practice on the ice and the piano bench, as she is required by her mother to not only skate to Rachmaninoff's Concerto #2 in C Minor, but to play it on the piano as well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615610730
• ISBN13: 9780615610733
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Schell Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"