{"product_id":"making-a-scene-9781982188542","title":"Making a Scene","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom actor Constance Wu, a powerful and poignant memoir-in-essays.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in the friendly suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Wu was often scolded for having big feelings or strong reactions. \"Good girls don't make scenes,\" people warned her. And while she spent most of her childhood suppressing her bold, emotional nature, she found an early outlet in local community theater--it was the one place where big feelings were okay--were \u003ci\u003egood\u003c\/i\u003e, even. Acting became her refuge, her touchstone, and eventually her vocation. At eighteen she moved to New York, where she'd spend the next ten years of her life auditioning, waiting tables, and struggling to make rent before her two big breaks: the TV sitcom \u003ci\u003eFresh Off the Boat\u003c\/i\u003e and the hit film \u003ci\u003eCrazy Rich Asians.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough raw and relatable essays, Constance shares private memories of childhood, young love and heartbreak, sexual assault and harassment, and how she \"made it\" in Hollywood. Her stories offer a behind-the-scenes look at being Asian American in the entertainment industry and the continuing evolution of her identity and influence in the public eye. \u003ci\u003eMaking a Scene\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate portrait of pressures and pleasures of existing in today's world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982188542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Constance Wu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325302345909,"sku":"9781982188542","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ddc4cf2d-9aff-4c64-bd94-520e5d75364e.jpg?v=1660018980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/making-a-scene-9781982188542","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}