Nicole Shanahan
Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Navigating Childhood and Immigration
This chapter explores the speaker's childhood environment, detailing their parents' struggles with alcoholism and financial instability, while illustrating how school provided a refuge. It dives into their family's migration story from China to the U.S., focusing on their mother's culture shock and their father's generational trauma. The narrative also encompasses the speaker's professional journey, including their experiences in Beijing leading up to the 2008 Olympics and the vibrant expat community they engaged with.
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