Not only is it a riveting read because of the events that take place, but the accounts given by many of the parties involved – especially decades after the fact – contain true gems. His friendships are explored, as well as his methodology and approach to martial arts – joined at the hip with his philosophy of life. The rivalries and friendships, bonds and burnt bridges, a complicated life is on full display. His mishaps in Hong Kong, his training in Wing Chun, and the incidents that eventually led to leaving his homeland for the U.S.įrom there, Seattle. It all plays a role in the relationships he would forge later in life, and how he came to view the world as a result of his formative years. His mother, a part Dutch-Jewish woman of polite society. All of this begins with his father, a man born into abject poverty that ends up with the good fortune to end up as part of a Chinese theater ensemble.
The book begins not with Lee himself, but the origins of his family. This is not an authorized biography (although his widow and daughter were kind enough to participate and contribute), which means that there is never any attempt at whitewashing history whatsoever.
It is a story of grief, love, forgiveness, perseverance and unexpected successes. Nor is this the story of a pristine hero, an incorruptible paladin that would never be susceptible to the temptations of the everyman.
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