'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua set to release first novel 'The Golden Gate'


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Chua has written her first novel 'The Golden Gate,' a 1940s murder mystery, where she drew upon memories of growing up in El Cerrito, across the bay from "glamorous San Francisco.” Photo: AFP

Amy Chua, the Yale Law School professor and author sometimes known as "Tiger Mom," has written her first novel.

The Golden Gate, a murder mystery centred around a wealthy family in Berkeley, California in 1944, will come out Sept 19.

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