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How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents Audiobook (Free)

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Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO’s Silicon Valley as well as the film Crazy Wealthy Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese language immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood.

‘I rejected a job in finance to pursue a career in stand-up humor. My dad believed I was crazy. But I figured it was easier to disappoint my parents for a couple of years than to disappoint myself for the rest of my life. I had developed to disappoint them to be able to pursue what I adored. That was the only path to about how exactly to American: An Immigrant’s Information to Disappointing Your Parents have my Chinese turnip cake and eat an American apple pie as well.’

Jimmy O. Yang is certainly a standup comedian, film and Television actor and fan favorite as the type Jian Yang from the favorite HBO series Silicon Valley. In How to American, he shares his tale of developing up as a Chinese language immigrant who pursued a Hollywood profession against the desires of his parents: Yang arrived in Los Angeles from Hong Kong at age 13, learned British by watching Wager RapCity for three hours a day, and worked as a remove membership DJ while pursuing his comedy career. He chronicles a near deportation event during a university trip Tijuana to finally learning to be a proud US citizen ten years later. Offering those and many other hilarious tales, while sharing some hard-earned lessons, How to American mocks stereotypes and will be offering tongue in cheek guidance on pursuing the American dreams of fame, lot of money, and strippers.