We Were Dreamersepub,mobi,azw3格式电子书下载，作者：Simu Liu-读书派

Marvel's newest recruit shares his own inspiring and unexpected origin story, from China to the bright lights of Hollywood. An immigrant who battles everything from parental expectations to cultural stereotypes, Simu Liu struggles to forge a path for himself, rising from the ashes of a failed accounting career (yes, you read that right) to become Shang-Chi.

Our story begins in the city of Harbin, where Simu's parents have left him in the care of his grandparents while they seek to build a future for themselves in Canada. One day, a mysterious stranger shows up at the door; it's Simu's father, who whisks him away from the only home he had ever known and to the land of opportunity and maple syrup.

Life in the new world, however, is not all that it was cracked up to be; Simu's new guardians lack the gentle touch of his grandparents, resulting in harsh words and hurt feelings. His parents, on the other hand, find their new son emotionally distant and difficult to relate to - although they are related by blood, they are separated by culture, language, and values.

As Simu grows up, he plays the part of the pious son well; he gets A's, crushes national math competitions, and makes his parents proud. But as time goes on, he grows increasingly disillusioned with the expectations placed on his shoulders, and finds it harder and harder to keep up the charade.

Barely a year out of college, his life hits rock bottom when he is laid off from his first job as an accountant. Unemployed, riddled with shame and with nothing left to lose, Simu finds an ad on Craigslist that will send him on a wildly unexpected journey, into the mysterious world of show business.

Through a swath of rejections and comical mishaps, it is ultimately Simu's determination to carve out a path for himself that leads him to not only succeed as an actor, but also open the door to reconciling with his parents. After all, the courage to pursue his ambitions at all costs is something that he inherited from his parents, who themselves defied impossible odds in order to come to Canada.

We Were Dreamers is more than a celebrity memoir - it's a story about growing up between cultures, finding your family, and becoming the master of your own extraordinary circumstance.

Simu Liu is an actor and writer most widely known for his role as the hunky but dim-witted Jung on CBC’s Kim’s Convenience. In real life, however, he is neither dimwit nor hunk. His onscreen credits include Awkwafina is Nora from Queen’s, Fresh Off the Boat, The Expanse, in which he was killed by being molecularly deconstructed by an alien consciousness, and Shang-Chi and the L...

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08-02

写得很真诚，尤其是前面他的父母上山下乡的经历让我看得很悲伤，和我爸妈的经历大体重合。但是移民后和父母的代际冲突、文化认同感的障碍和成长环境的不同，我也能感同身受。但是除了和解又能怎样呢？父母生长在那样一个动荡扭曲荒谬的背景下，他们怎么可能成为一个有着正常感情的“正常人”？思慕写出了大多数亚裔二代移民的挣扎和迷茫。除了他找活儿谋生不太感兴趣之外，别的都写得很吸引人，深度也有。

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05-23

文笔很好，真挚，幽默，值得一读

UD22Y

不想过多hype这本书或者Simu一个人，但是visibility和representation的重要性真的怎么强调都不为过。Simu在这本自传里没写什么太爆炸性的内容也没讨论太多超过他能力的话题，只是真诚的讲了父母和自己的故事（加上一点幽默）。但是这样的narrative就是还没有被写过的，能够读到这样的故事对我来说很重要。前半部分最有趣的是看Simu如何用英语解释中文概念，后半部分看到Simu花了那么久才找到目标才达成目标真的很缓解焦虑。说到底移民的故事真的好痛，和父母的关系最让人觉得无解，职业上尽管Simu一直表现积极，但是现实就是即使他已经是亚裔在媒体里成就的顶峰之一了，也接不到好项目里的lead，还要在故乡因为长相被抵制。只能说还有好长一段路，但是我们应该庆祝已经走过的每一步。

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