Fifth Chinese daughter
/ Jade Snow Wong ; with a new introduction by the author ; illustrations by Kathryn Uhl
- xiii, 246 pages : illustrations
The world was new The world grows Forgiveness from heaven Grandmother and her world back home Lucky to be born a Chinese Uncle Kwok Learning to be a Chinese housewife The taste of independence Saturday's reward and Sunday's holiday "One who or that which slips" With eyes on China Cousin Kee A persons as well as a female Girl meets boy A measure of freedom Marriage of freedom Marriage old and new style An unexpected offer--and a decision "Learning can never be poor or exhausted" Musicians on and off stage She finds her hands A summer of excitements Sending the ships to war "A little child shall lead them" Rediscovering Chinatown The sanctum of harmonious spring Alas, she was born too tall A life plan is cast "The work of one day is gazed upon the one thousand days"
Reprint of the Harper edition of 1950. The narrative shows how members of a typical Chinese family in San Francisco adapt themselves to American conditions.