Carmen Rita Wong is also the author of five books, including the most recent memoir, "Why Didn't You Tell Me"? In this memoir, she discusses the whirlwind of her identity and the complex relationship with her mother.
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Carmen Rita Wong comes on the [Forever35] podcast to talk about how setting boundaries resulted in her being labeled difficult, navigating familial trauma as described in her memoir Why Didn’t You Tell Me, and the joy she finds in the ritual of makeup and skincare.
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Danny Lavery welcomes Carmen Rita Wong, author of the recently published book Why Didn’t You Tell Me? A Memoir.
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This week on Radically Loved, Rosie speaks with Carmen Rita Wong about unraveling her family’s biggest secret in her memoir, Why Didn’t You Tell Me?
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In her memoir “Why Didn’t You Tell Me,” Carmen Rita Wong dives into her family’s story — picking apart how race, class, and gender shaped the often difficult decisions she and her family had to make. In this intimate conversation for Latino USA, Carmen shares some of the childhood memories that shaped her, and talks about how the act of memoir writing can feel like a radical practice of empathy.
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The author of “Why Didn’t You Tell Me?” reflects on how her grandmother’s example of familial devotion got her through a time of crisis.
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Whatever you’re feeling in this season of life, from late-summer joy to the “August scaries,” we hope these books are good companions.
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On the heels of her new memoir, Wong dives deep to answer our questions about exploring identity and finding oneself among life’s challenges
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On this week’s episode, Carmen Rita Wong joins us to discuss Why Didn’t You Tell Me?: A Memoir (Crown, July 12). Wong—the author of a series of novels and two bestselling advice books, a former professor, nonprofit board leader, national advice columnist, and television host who co-created CNBC’s On the Money—was raised Dominican Chinese in New York City and New Hampshire. In her standout debut memoir, she unravels a family secret that ordered, and reordered, her life.
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What's Better Than A Beach Read? A Summer Listen
Maybe it's long, lazy days at the beach, hours languishing by a pool, road tripping, or doing absolutely nothing at all—a great listen can make your day anywhere.
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Today's book evaluates the price of assimilation when representation, identity and belonging are erased. In Why Didn't You Tell Me?, author Carmen Rita Wong recounts how she discovered her origin story was all but true. She talks with Ailsa Chang about navigating her life after that discovery – and the impact of colonialism.
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In Carmen’s new book “Why Didn’t You Tell Me” she shares her journey as an immigrant awakening to the ways her family shaped her identity and place in the world.
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Read the full interview by Lindsay Powers for Amazon.
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Questions about the identity of her biological father led the author on a deeper quest for answers about who she is and what motivated her mothers’ omissions. Carmen details the journey in her new memoir, Why Didn’t You Tell Me?
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Carmen Rita Wong's mother was Dominican and father was Chinese, or so she thought. In her memoir, Why Didn't You Tell Me, she reckons with the truth that was kept from her for 31 years.
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'I set out to tell an American story': Author Carmen Rita Wong talks new memoir with Alicia Menendez on MSNBC’s American Voices.
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Carmen Rita Wong, national television host, advice columnist, and professor, searches to understand who she really is as she discovers her mother’s hidden history, facing the revelations that seep out in WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
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