Hare with Amber Eyes & Tiger Mother

Just read two books on Kindle and found it a pleasant experience. However, I should like to have had a paperback of the non-fiction The Hare with Amber Eyes as I could then check back to the family tree and the photos which were too small in an electronic version.  Using a set of Japanese netsuke as a link, potter Edmund de Waal traces his family history and tells us how Jewish traders, the Ephrussi from Odessa, became rich, grand and cultured bankers in Paris and Vienna, but then Hitler came to power.  Full of memorable characters, it's a must read for anyone interested in art history and indeed European history.
Here's a Guardian review.

Like many Western (and Chinese) readers I was stunned and appalled by Prof Amy Chua's ambitious parenting techniques when I read The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Her daughters were not allowed to play with other children as they had to practise the piano and the violin almost all day long from the age of 5. Only straight As were acceptable in proper subjects and they were removed from school during art classes as Amy considered this a waste of time. Unrelenting and unrepentant, Amy's redeeming features are that she has a good sense of humour and likes dogs (for whom she is not ambitious) and her daughters are highly successful, charming and still love her.  Though none of us would dream of going to Amy's seemingly insane lengths, it makes an interesting read. Allison Pearson reckons some contemporary British mothers might need a bit more tiger in their tank.