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Eddie | 304 pages | 22 Nov 2013 | Random House USA Inc | 9780812983357 | English | New York, United States : A Memoir | Legal Outlet

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Eddie Huang can write, his intelligence overflows the pages. But there are numerous times when he writes in his true street vernacular, those are the times that I really could not understand just what he is saying. But his rhythm, his tone, and his style really does help me transcend the lost in the translation feeling and drives home the points that he wanted to drive home. I think the most enjoyable parts of the autobiography for me is when he starts talking about the foods of Taiwan and his own study of those foods. His expert descriptions of the street foods had my mouth watering at the memories and his description of his own culinary adventures had me marveling at his talent. In the end, I think this is a book for the open minded. I don't think the average Food Network groupie would get into the cultural analysis inherent in the book. Many Chinese people would be horrified at some of young Eddie's adventures. It certainly won't make Chinese parents happy. In the end, Eddite Huang's honesty and straight as an arrow attitude is very attractive and makes for great reading. View all 3 comments. Feb 06, karen marked it as ceci-n-est-ce-pas-un-compte-rendu. View all 23 comments. Oct 11, A B rated it did not like it Shelves: first-reads , books-that-murdered-innocent-trees , never-read-again. This book is trash. It's a true disaster from the front cover to the last page. In fact, from his own words, it seems like those same Americans he hates were nothing but nice to him. He is prejudiced against them for not knowing the intricacies of This book is trash. He is prejudiced against them for not knowing the intricacies of Chinese regional cooking, yet makes fun of their tuna salad and white bread. He lies, steals, terrorizes teachers, gets into fights unprovoked, trashes homes, and even sets loose a classmate's pet rabbits. He's lucky in that he never really has to own up for his crimes and in fact is rather smug about it, not realizing that the Americans he hates were the ones giving him second chances. The book is peppered with slang words on nearly every page in a misguided attempt to make the book seem edgy yet funny, and fails pathetically. The writing is awful. He actually describes a friend's mother as "literally" sucking his bone marrow out, yet I was disappointed to learn that the woman was not a vampire, succubus, or similar creature. What's most perplexing is that Eddie is a first-generation American. If he hates America so much, why doesn't he leave? He's not fresh off the boat. So this isn't even an immigrant story. It's a story of a whiny wannabe thug with mentally and physically abusive parents. Instead of being impressed or evenly remotely entertained with his story, my only perception of Eddie Huang is that "Whoa, we got a badass over here" meme. FYI, that's not a compliment. I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway and it came with a letter from the publisher promising me that I would not regret reading this book. And I don't. My white American mother taught me to always say something nice, so here goes: I do not regret reading this book. Now that I know what a piece of crap it is, I can add it to my emergency toilet paper stash. View all 11 comments. Jun 19, Jason rated it it was ok. Huang did life his way. That's what he wants you to know. He wants you to know he liked Obama before it was cool. He wants you to know all the times he was bullied or edged out of a job because of his Taiwanese heritage. He wants you to know about the drugs he sold, people he assaulted, basically what a badass he is. Oh yeah, and he wants you to know about his mad culinary skills. He managed to write a memoir where he is always the victim turned hero, and while it's entertaining at times to Huang did life his way. He managed to write a memoir where he is always the victim turned hero, and while it's entertaining at times to read, you start to realize that the 9 year old kid voice is his actual 30 year old adult voice Dec 20, Miranda Reads rated it did not like it Shelves: audiobook. Big hair, big tits, big trouble, but the one you come home to is Can you feel me physically cringing away from this book? I remember all of the commercials for Fresh Off the Boat and wow - it looked good. Wholesome, funny. I never actually got around to watching it So, when I saw this book, I immediately picked it up. I had a hard time putting my finger on it at first because I wanted to like this book so much. There were definitely moments of it where I was like YES. This is hilarious. Good food makes me want to hit a punching bag like, Dat's right motherfucker. You done did it there. And there were moments where I kind of laughingly rolled my eyes at him there were moments that he was full of himself, but in kind of a funny way. People ask me what my greatest strengths are and I say perspective. One thing that I noticed right away is that Eddie Huang is the cool guy. He never did one uncool thing throughout the book. He was so cool that everyone pretty much reeled back and admired his coolness from afar cause it was too much up close. It just felt disingenuous to me - and the more I read, the more I withdrew from the book. His jokes if that was what they were , just didn't land for me. I think it's because of the spite and venom he puts into them. I hated whiteness. He felt like a very mean person , the kind of makes "jokes" cause they like taking digs at you and if you get offended, they throw up their hands and say you are too sensitive. He just seemed so furious that people exist He also says this: Somehow, food has become a social equalizer. I really wanted to ask him - does any of this matter? The hatred that you hold in your heart? The fury that takes over your words? In the grand scheme of things, if someone tries one of your recipes and then changes it a bit - it shows that they are interested and learning. Food and culture is something to be celebrated - not hoarded and penalized. All in all, I feel like this book had a lot of potential. Either as a hard-hitting memoir or as a funny take on life I just I don't think I'd ever want to meet him. I think I'd rather do just about anything. Dec 28, Heidi The Reader rated it really liked it Shelves: memoirs , non-fiction. Fresh Off the Boat is the life story of Eddie Huang. After learning about his various exploits, some of which were extremely dangerous, I was amazed that he's still around to recount them. I picked up this memoir because I've seen almost every episode of the family comedy "Fresh Off the Boat" and wanted to read the source material behind it. As sweet as the show is, I think it does Huang a disservice. I guess because it's on network television, writers have essentially edited Huang's life story. In the television show, the character of Eddie loves rap music, basketball and eating, like he did in real life but it leaves out the more real portions of Huang's history. His classmates called him racial slurs on an almost daily basis. He was subjected to physical abuse from his parents. He got mixed up in drugs and selling name brand shoes. He was arrested for fighting. The reason why his grandmother is in a wheelchair, which is depicted on the show though the reason is never given, is because her feet were bound as a child. All of that realness is completely missing from the television show. But it is so important to creating the man Huang is today. The differences between the book and the tv series aside, Huang has a fascinating voice. He's, at turns, funny and real. He explains his more obscure slang references at the end of each chapter in footnotes. We just drink more tea when things go bad. He's the first generation of his family to be born in the United States, but he doesn't ever really embrace being American. He exists in a realm in between because he is never truly accepted by his European peers. I felt sad that he had to pretend to be something other than who he was to make his way in the world. Huang has penned an engrossing memoir about someone who took some unexpected turns on the way to his destiny — creating a wildly popular eatery in . I enjoyed every story and learned so much. View all 4 comments. Aug 10, Limeminearia rated it did not like it. Like spending hours listening to the most annoying kid in your pre-algebra class boasting about things like shoplifting hip-hop CDs at Best Buy to bring back to his mansion and "wilding" at parties "I was toe up! If you like bros who call all women "shawties" and all men "Son" you will likely find this book to be hilarious. I call bullshit on this book. Feb 24, Carlo rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , funny. Loved this shit. As a contrast, I love Steve Jobs' work, but I could not relate to his origin story and though interesting, I kind of just put the book down and never came back to it. Your mileage may vary. Dec 10, Jack Cheng added it. So, I think I hate Eddie Huang. He's obnoxious, writes in this ghetto speak -- "Cot damn, son! Man up and just write 'Goddamn'! You scared of the divine or some shit? He's also too young to write a memoir -- if you're giving props to your college professors for introducing you to cultural studies, you're too young to write a memoir. The worst part of this book is that I had no idea who the f he was until the end it turns out that he is the proprietor of a sq foot restaurant in NYC's that had its moment in the sun. That said, there are lots of Chinese immigrant experiences and while I have very little in common with the stories I read from Amy Tan or Gish Jen, Huang's family experience is fairly similar to mine, with references to the Taiwanese Love Boat and -- especially -- the food stinky tofu and the like. Oh, here's how much he padded it out at the end: He reprinted his Craigslist ad for employees. This is a guy who is not as funny or clever as he thinks he is. For the record, I find the tv show very funny, probably more so for the parents than the kids. The show is more entertaining than the book. Feb 18, Vanessa rated it really liked it. I enjoyed the heck out of this. It's messy and imperfect and definitely shows the signs of being a memoir written by a relatively young person which is to say, some parts seem to reflect more, uh, actual reflection than others , but overall, I can't resist a story with this much brashness and heart and food and humor and working through your own pain and identity and questionable choices. I think the section about his childhood was my favorite, because he does a lot more showing than telling I enjoyed the heck out of this. I think the section about his childhood was my favorite, because he does a lot more showing than telling about his relationship with his parents and his brothers later in the book there is a lot of "this person became my super good friend because they are awesome" instead of illustrating the development of relationships through actual story-telling. But on balance, I really liked this. Really loved the part about the first time he goes over to a white friend's house and sees the massive number of toys but then also has to eat gross white-person food, the revelation that Christianity can be creepy if you didn't grow up with it "you want me to let Jesus Yeahhhh okay" , and the bit about always making sure his youngest brother got the blue dinosaur. Also really appreciated the honesty and raw emotion in talking about his relationship with his parents, which is something he has clearly come a long way in terms of understanding and coming to terms with. Yay for memoirs! View 2 comments. Nov 28, Emi Bevacqua rated it it was ok Shelves: asian-american , memoir. Eesh, I found this Eddie Huang guy to be immature, rude, violent and smug. If you don't have the same background and interests as Huang it's hard to understand him; I don't have a background in hip hop and ebonics, and I'm not all that into food. I'm not sure if he's OCD, but he sounds to me like he expects the rest of the world to be as obsessed with his obsessions as he Eesh, I found this Eddie Huang guy to be immature, rude, violent and smug. I'm not sure if he's OCD, but he sounds to me like he expects the rest of the world to be as obsessed with his obsessions as he is, which makes for a boring pages. I can't believe he did standup, I just didn't find him funny at all. And I just could not even with the sartorial smugness when he's wearing his boots or basketball shoes or whatever without laces, and sweat pants and hoodies, a grown man. He's so anti-establishment, as he's dealing drugs through law school and while working for a law firm. Feb 07, Peter rated it it was ok. I appreciate that Eddie tried to be himself and sound personable to his readers. However, I think that it's hard for me to relate to him and to understand his arguments. To me, he wants to be seen as son of working class immigrant parents, who appreciates his heritage, and "keeps it real". But, he pretty much contradicts himself consistently. He openly talks about how much he hates his parents, how he acted like a huge asshole growing up which gives him, his family, and his heritage a bad rap , I appreciate that Eddie tried to be himself and sound personable to his readers. He openly talks about how much he hates his parents, how he acted like a huge asshole growing up which gives him, his family, and his heritage a bad rap , and his hood voice changes from chapter to chapter. I thought the book was really poorly written and organized. At the end of one chapter, he talks about how he got into Syracuse for college, has a scholarship, and is determined to go against he father's wishes. The next chapter starts something like "When I got to Pittsburgh Where did that come from? I appreciate how he speaks against of Asian men as emasculated, but he only talks about women as "shawties". So, counter feeling emasculated by being demeaning to women? Eddie credits Guy Fieri for pushing him to get him into the restaurant business, but then bashes Guy and the Food Network which makes it seem like he has no respect or loyalty. So yeah, I have a million problems with this book. I think there are some interesting points, but overall, it's just a lot of nonsensical stupidity about getting high and being a dick. Apr 24, Derek Barnes rated it liked it. Anthony Bourdain calls Fresh Off the Boat 'a serious piece of work -- and an important one. If you're looking for literature, keep looking. It's mildly entertaining, however, and occasionally provocative. Written entirely in inner-city slang, Huang, with a weirdly self-aware irony, spends most of the book accusing non-Asians who dare cook Asian food of co-opting the culture while talking about how the NBA, Nike Air Jordans, and hip-hop music are the Anthony Bourdain calls Fresh Off the Boat 'a serious piece of work -- and an important one. Written entirely in inner-city slang, Huang, with a weirdly self-aware irony, spends most of the book accusing non-Asians who dare cook Asian food of co-opting the culture while talking about how the NBA, Nike Air Jordans, and hip-hop music are the defining cultural elements of his life. The guy is, in reality, a 2 bit hustler who is as at home slinging weed and t-shirts on the street as he is cooking food. It's telling that his first foray into cooking was a reality TV show on the Foodnetwork and Guy Fieri's was the voice that encouraged him to jump into the cooking fray. Despite whatever newspaper reader's choice award he cares to quote, he really has no business comparing himself in the kitchen to dedicated chefs like David Chang and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. As a writer Huang is really more entertaining in the small doses like those he provides on his blog. His recap posts on the HBO series, Girls, for example, are great. Also, I think his Fresh Off the Boat show on vice. I like Eddie, but 'pop' should always precede any description of him as a chef or as a writer. Sep 12, Tim Chang rated it did not like it. I think I got dumber after reading this book. Huang writes about his life of growing up as an Asian American in the 90s who loves hip-hop, basketball, and getting into trouble. He's really good at criticizing and complaining about everything that's wrong with America, White people, and that don't think or act like him. I kept reading the book in hopes that he would offer possible solutions or resolutions to the problems and issues he pointed out. Instead, what I got was his I think I got dumber after reading this book. Instead, what I got was his BaoHaus success story, and how we should "take the things from America that speak to you, that excite you, that inspire you, and be the Americans we all want to know And the book wasn't even funny! The way he criticizes the aforementioned was so extreme, off-putting, and oftentimes fueled solely by emotional rotten-banana angst that it lost any sense of humor that was likely intended. If a book doesn't have a moral or message, it at least should have humor or entertainment value. This one, unfortunately, had neither for me. Don't waste your time with this book. Jul 15, Jamie rated it really liked it. People who voice their opinions in a raw, articulate way, without compromise, are rare these days. They stand out because their honesty and insight is packaged so poetically that their work comes across as some kind of street-corner serenade. Which brings us to Eddie Huang. The voice of this memoir is so heartfelt, humorous, and unique, I switched from print to an audio version, read by the author--which is THE best way to People who voice their opinions in a raw, articulate way, without compromise, are rare these days. The voice of this memoir is so heartfelt, humorous, and unique, I switched from print to an audio version, read by the author-- which is THE best way to consume this book. Apr 01, Ye Jin rated it it was ok. I've never watched his show, but I have a sense of the type of celebrity chef Eddie Huang portrays on TV. I'm lying when I say I read this book because I just couldn't finish it. His story is funny, interesting at times, but the profanity and the constant talk about rap music and sports were very spastic and distracting. He'd throw in after bleep bleeping bleep,something to the effect of,"i noticed the essence of lemongrass with the mouthfeel of an oyster" talking from the point of view of a 9 I've never watched his show, but I have a sense of the type of celebrity chef Eddie Huang portrays on TV. He'd throw in after bleep bleeping bleep,something to the effect of,"i noticed the essence of lemongrass with the mouthfeel of an oyster" talking from the point of view of a 9 year old. It isn't that I don't believe Eddie, it is just that not everyone needs to write a book. Others may find this humorous, but I just found it too shock- jocky, in your face, ego-centric TV celebrity chef. The chefs that offer real inspiration don't need the bling or the homeboy 'tude. Just sayin'. May 19, quinnster rated it it was ok. It couldn't really hold my attention and I found Huang's style slightly irritating so I just let the book expire. I had read about the controversy about the show. How Huang has said that the show is so far removed from his life that he doesn't even watch it and what a piece of garbage it is, etc. What I discovered is that ABC created likable characters where there were few. Did they sugarcoat things? Of course! He sold his rights away to a family network so they could create a . What did I like about this book? I loved the way he talked about food. He has a knack for describing technically while still painting a picture so you can see the steam rising off a simmering bowl of beef noodle soup. He has good points about fusion food it's unnecessary and how to cook with your senses, with your tastes and experiences than with measuring cups and recipe cards. It had me craving food the entire time. Huang is incredibly intelligent. Well read not because he wanted to be able to say he read Tolstoy but because he really wanted to read Tolstoy. You could tell that he loved to learn even if he didn't want to be 'that Asian'. His path to Baohaus in impressive in it's long winding route and he has, at such a young age, accomplished quite a bit. Unfortunately, the list of things I didn't love about this book is a little longer. Huang's intelligence has him under the impression that he is smarter, better than everyone else. He talks about being humble, but that's bullshit. There is nothing humble about this guy. He's a major shit talker. He has a disdain for anyone who isn't 'real', which is kind of ludicrous considering he spent his entire childhood trying to get so far away from his culture that he doesn't even see it. He hates everyone.. He has such a chip on his shoulder it's amazing he doesn't tip over. He doesn't consider himself American, doesn't subscribe to the idea of an American patriot. Then why stay here? For a time he has to go to Taiwan for some sentencing thing. Why didn't he stay there? Oh, because there were no opportunities for him. He comes across as snobbish and ungrateful. But the icing on the cake is how he totally relates with the struggle of black people. I mean, he understands being held down because his parents sent him to 7 different private schools and raised him in a gated community where Tiger Woods lived. He tries to distance himself by saying stuff like, well, it was his father's money not his. When his father gives him a Mercedes for his first car he says it was such an insult because he didn't buy it for himself and showed what a horrible childhood he had. It's hard to feel sorry for that kind of hardship. He talks big about being hard and you can tell he so badly wants to be a 'gangsta' but his misdeeds were born out of desperation to be tough, not because he was. He is, despite his protestations, a poseur. Now, I'm not saying that he couldn't relate to the lyrics in hip hop. I'm not saying it was easy growing up the only Asian around white kids or that having parents who beat their kids wasn't a shitty way to grow up, but no, I don't think that means you are the same as another race. Just be your own. Own your shit. Carve your own path. He doesn't want to be Taiwanese, he wants to be black, but he isn't. But he'll take the Taiwanese when he sees how he can make it successful. Maybe it's because I'm just not into the hip hop scene, don't speak the language, but it got tiring. The book is full of alternately whining about being held down by the white man and patting himself on the back for being smarter than everyone else. I can see why ABC changed his story and I'm glad they did. ABC's Fresh Off The Boat might not be the show that Eddie Huang wanted, but it's put main cast Asians on a major network for the first time in 20 years and that should be something to be proud of. This isn't a chef memoir, let me just say that right off the bat. Eddie Huang is so much more than a food person. This is the story of how a child born to Taiwanese immigrants makes a life for himself. It is a coming of age story more than anything else. Eddie is only 30, and has seen one restaurant fail and one be an immediate hit. He has worked as a furniture salesman, a drug dealer, a lawyer, and a stand-up comic. I enjoyed the story, especially read by the author himself. I didn't always This isn't a chef memoir, let me just say that right off the bat. I didn't always identify with him, and would be completely intimidated by him, but I still think I'd probably enjoy his food. Who wouldn't be intrigued by a man who values stinky tofu? He does talk about food throughout the book, it just isn't a central theme the way you might expect. One sentence stuck in my head, where he describes good food as having "detail, attention, and restraint. You can get a sense of his writing style in this Salon. You can follow his internal dialogue in , or watch his show on Vice , also called Fresh Off the Boat. I'm recommending all these things because you won't be able to read the book until the end of January. But keep your eye on Eddie. Considering what he has accomplished so far, I'm not sure he'll decide just to stay a restauranteur his whole life. I linked it at where it starts talking about food, but you can watch the whole thing to watch him take uniquely Taiwanese drugs. Mar 02, Steph rated it did not like it Shelves: books-in Every book has an audience, and this book was not made for me. I picked up this book because I think the TV show is hilarious and I wanted to see the full story behind it. This book and the TV show are completely different entities, and makes me love the TV show more. I'm glad they did not "Cot damn", "shawties", hating "whiteness", smoking weed, "hip hop culture", sneakers, real Chinese food I'm glad they did not make an accurate adaptation of this book. I think people who like to read about whiners and self-destructive individuals would enjoy this book. I just could not get past the fact that a man over 30 refers to women as "shawties" and boasts about his hoodlum lifestyle which he created for himself. He comes from a family of millionaires so spare me your "poor, ghetto, violent" past. I have no respect for people who think that lifestyle is entertaining and actively seek it, while people who have to live it, struggle to get out. I give all my respect to the people who are dealt a bad hand and are born into a life of real problems and struggles. They do what they have to in order to survive, and they have all my respect. Oct 11, Kim Flowers rated it it was amazing. As a fiend for food, he also found solace in good cooking wherever it could be found. Orlando, Fla. He and his friends had lots of money, lots of time, and got into lots of trouble. Watching him grow up from a punk kid to somewhat-less-of-a-punk adult is sometimes painful to witness, but the journey is rewarding. I could taste something one time and make it myself at home. When everything else fell apart and I didn't know who I was, food brought me back. Huang has two fingers on the pulse of US culture, and it has served him well in his quest for a socially relevant restaurant. The concept of his restaurant "Baohaus" has always been about community. For him, making good, ethical food is the right thing to do as is "hotboxing" his own restaurant. Huang recognizes that the American dream is not only for Americans. The USA was built on immigrant workers who more often than not get caught in stereotypes. Say one thing about Huang, say he knows how to dress a plate. Sometimes I had trouble following the scene changes. He shows up in North Carolina and Pittsburgh with little notice. I also had trouble figuring out how old he was in a few spots. The few poor transitions were a long way away from making the book unreadable, though. Huang gets closer to that himself with his dirty mouth and over-the-top depictions of violence and drug use. You might not agree with his morals, but they are at least well-reasoned. Already a subscriber? Your subscription to The Christian Science Monitor has expired. You can renew your subscription or continue to use the site without a subscription. If you have questions about your account, please contact customer service or call us at This message will appear once per week unless you renew or log out. Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer. This website uses cookies to improve functionality and performance. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Search for:. Subscribe to the Monitor. Manage subscription. Monitor Daily Current Issue. Complete coronavirus coverage. A Christian Science Perspective.

Eddie Huang on Seeing His Memoir Become a Sitcom

Physical violence both on the streets and inside the home punctuated the author's younger years, and while the latter is thoughtfully unpacked and explored, the former is too often glorified. It could have all easily gone quite differently for Huang. At one point, he was arrested after driving a car into a crowd of threatening rivals and was packed off to Taiwan in order to escape punishment. However, he used the opportunity to reconcile his Asian heritage and focus his unrelenting energy on the things he really wanted out of life. The inspiring result became his trendsetting East Village eatery, Baohaus. If the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. Everyone wants power and everyone is in a constant duplicitous game to gain more power at the expense of others, according to Greene, a screenwriter and former editor at Esquire Elffers, a book packager, designed the volume, with its attractive marginalia. We live today as courtiers once did in royal courts: we must appear civil while attempting to crush all those around us. These laws boil down to being as ruthless, selfish, manipulative, and deceitful as possible. Quotations in the margins amplify the lesson being taught. While compelling in the way an auto accident might be, the book is simply nonsense. Rules often contradict each other. To ask why this is so would be a far more useful project. The author's youthfulness helps to assure the inevitable comparison with the Anne Frank diary although over and above the He was the only one of the family to survive what Francois Maurois, in his introduction, calls the "human holocaust" of the persecution of the Jews, which began with the restrictions, the singularization of the yellow star, the enclosure within the ghetto, and went on to the mass deportations to the ovens of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. There are unforgettable and horrifying scenes here in this spare and sombre memoir of this experience of the hanging of a child, of his first farewell with his father who leaves him an inheritance of a knife and a spoon, and of his last goodbye at Buchenwald his father's corpse is already cold let alone the long months of survival under unconscionable conditions. Already have an account? Log in. Trouble signing in? Retrieve credentials. Sign Up. Google Rating. Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of Pub Date: Feb. Review Posted Online: Jan. No Comments Yet. More by Eddie Huang. Huang, one of three sons of Taiwanese immigrants, struggled with his identity growing up. Huang writes about his college days, his short careers as a lawyer and as a stand-up comic, and various forays into illicit commerce. Success came with the opening of BaoHaus, but there were failures, also - his restaurant Xiao Ye was closed after being panned by critics. Literary critic Dwight Garner , reviewing in , commented on Huang's "bluster" and crude language, but appreciated the author's humor and observations on American culture. Garner called the book "a surprisingly sophisticated memoir about race and assimilation in America" and a "rowdy Huang's memoir was adapted by Nahnatchka Khan for an ABC single-camera comedy series of the same name. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the book. Main article: Fresh Off the Boat. New York Times. Retrieved 25 January Retrieved 26 January Authors Profiles. https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4641994/normal_601ff23c11705.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9585892/UploadedFiles/F03F7625-DE33-A2E2-775E-95606588A4F2.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9590205/UploadedFiles/83E18009-4301-EEC2-E68F-570F9EF86C73.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9591539/UploadedFiles/B6E22B94-0183-AF6C-1C9C-87498A59FFE3.pdf https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4642748/normal_6020a1d3a8dba.pdf https://files8.webydo.com/9592225/UploadedFiles/1B721BFB-A4DE-9FB2-F320-6FB959A12383.pdf