As a veteran teacher, Norma Slavit sensed that Larry Chu Jr.’s childhood stories could provide valuable lessons to young people about embracing family values and handling challenges. So she pursued them, meeting with him once a week last year to learn about what life was like growing up as a member of an iconic Silicon Valley family.
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Larry Chu Jr., from left, poses with younger brother Jon and mother Ruth at a special event for director Jon’s successful 2018 film, “Crazy Rich Asians.” Larry Jr.’s childhood is fondly recalled in Norma Slavit’s new book, “Pork Buns and High-Fives.”
Larry Chu Jr., from left, poses with younger brother Jon and mother Ruth at a special event for director Jon’s successful 2018 film, “Crazy Rich Asians.” Larry Jr.’s childhood is fondly recalled in Norma Slavit’s new book, “Pork Buns and High-Fives.”
The result is Slavit’s newly released, self-published book, “Pork Buns and High-Fives,” a middle-school-level read that chronicles Larry Jr.’s ups and downs from kindergarten to adulthood.
