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Fifth Chinese daughter / Jade Snow Wong ; with a new introduction by the author ; illustrations by Kathryn Uhl

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1989Description: xiii, 246 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0295968265
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 738.0924
Contents:
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"
Summary: 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.
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Book Book Main Library Reference Section Women’s Collection WC 738.0924 W872f 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132396d

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.

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