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A secret that shaped my life and the lives of everyone around me in ways she could not have imagined.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Carmen Rita Wong has always craved a sense of belonging: First as a toddler in a warm room full of Black and brown Latina women, like her mother, Lupe, cheering her dancing during her childhood in Harlem. And in Chinatown, where her immigrant father, \"Papi\" Wong, a hustler, would show her and her older brother off in opulent restaurants decorated in red and gold. Then came the almost exclusively white playgrounds of New Hampshire after her mother married her stepfather, Marty, who seemed to be the ideal of the white American dad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As Carmen entered this new world with her new family--Lupe and Marty quickly had four more children--her relationship with her mother became fraught with tension, suspicion, and conflict, explained only years later by the secrets her mother had kept for so long.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And when those secrets were revealed, bringing clarity to so much of Carmen's life, it was too late for answers. When her mother passed away, Carmen wanted to shake her  soul by its shoulders and demand: \u003ci\u003eWhy didn't you tell me?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A former national television host, advice columnist, and professor, Carmen searches to understand who she really is as she discovers her mother's hidden history, facing the revelations that seep out. \u003ci\u003eWhy Didn't You Tell Me?\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting and poignant story of Carmen's experience of race and culture in America and how they shape who we think we are.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49513028616465,"sku":"CIN0593240251A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571831873809,"sku":"GOR012740571","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49785516294417,"sku":"CIN0593240251G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51085374161169,"sku":"CIN0593240251VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53047502635281,"sku":"GOR013490067","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593240251.jpg?v=1750943471"},{"product_id":"why-didn-t-you-tell-me-book-carmen-rita-wong-9780593240274","title":"Why Didn't You Tell Me?","description":"Kill all Venoms  After being spurned by Cletus Kasady and remaking itself in Knull's image, the Carnage symbiote has been building up its powers, extracting unique abilities from villains all across the Marvel Universe. 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Un secreto que moldeó mi vida y la vida de todos los que me rodeaban de maneras que ella no podría haber imaginado.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarmen Rita Wong siempre ha anhelado un sentido de pertenencia: primero cuando era una niña pequeña en una habitación cálida llena de mujeres latinas negras y morenas, como su madre, Lupe, animándola bailando durante su infancia en Harlem. Y en Chinatown, donde su padre inmigrante, \"Papi\" Wong, un estafador, la exhibiría a ella y a su hermano mayor en opulentos restaurantes decorados en rojo y dorado. 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