My Son, Yo-Yo - Softcover

Ma, Marina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9622016405 ISBN 13: 9789622016408

Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 1996

Synopsis

Yo-Yo Ma is an internationally acclaimed cello virtuoso. My Son, Yo-Yo is the compelling story of his life from the cradle to his entering Harvard University at the age of seventeen. It is told by his mother but narrated and written by Dr. John A. Rallo.
By telling the story of her son, Marina Ma hopes other young people will realize life is a struggle uphill and that pain and hard work are part of growing up. In her story, love of family is the main sustaining force keeping it together especially during difficult times.
The book, written in warm, conversational style, highlights events in the development of the "boy wonder." It is divided into thirty short chapters enriched by numerous photographs from the family album.

About this title

About the Author

Marina Ma was born in Hong Kong. She studied at the Central University in China, and then went to Paris to study voice, first at the École Française and then at the École César Franck. She and her family finally settled in the USA.

John A. Rallo received his Ph.D. in Italian from Columbia University in New York. He was the Director-Designate of the proposed high school division of the École Française in New York, before teaching at the Fairfield University. He has written several pedagogical books and articles in French and Italian.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9622016405
• ISBN 13: 9789622016408
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170