| Description |
xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1950. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
World was new -- 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 -- Taste of independence -- Saturday's reward and Sunday's holiday -- "One who or that which slips" -- With eyes on China -- Cousin Kee -- Person as well as a female -- Girl meets boy -- Measure of freedom -- Marriage old and new style -- Unexpected offer - and a decision -- "Learning can never be poor or exhausted" -- Musicians on and off stage -- She finds her hands -- Summer of excitements -- Sending the ships to war -- "Little child shall lead them" -- Rediscovering Chinatown -- Sanctum of harmonious spring -- Alas, she was born to tall -- Life plan is cast -- "Work of one day is gazed upon for one thousand days." |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.2 16.0 84526. |
| Subject |
Wong, Jade Snow.
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Potters -- California -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0295968265 paperback $10.95 |
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