| Edition |
First Vintage Contemporaries edition |
| Description |
296 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1: Sweet Rebellion: -- A boy with his hands over his ears -- A boy with his hat over his crotch -- Love -- These things happen -- In the basement -- Deliverance -- Theresa -- The deliverance, continued -- Part 2: The House Holds: -- Helen, far from home -- New life -- A chill -- Plans for Theresa -- The imagineer -- Love at first sight -- Grover at the wheel -- Waiting -- Helen is home -- Progress at last -- Part 3: This New Life: -- Chang-Kees -- Ralph at the wheel -- Ardor -- Examinations -- Love animates -- The new house -- Tenure -- On the milk box -- Part 4: Structural Weakening: -- Mystery -- Ralph is answered -- A brand of alchemy, indeed -- Music to their ears -- Once a Chang-Kee -- Helen, breathing -- Ralph has an idea -- A pinch in time -- Living by the numbers -- Constructions -- Watching the overhead -- Part 5: A Man To Sit At Supper And Never Eat: -- A man of steel -- Helen's house -- A black hole -- The whole family, together -- In the cat house -- Things fall out -- Feeding the dog -- Down the white hall -- The order, lost -- Faith. |
| Summary |
The Chang family comes to the United States with no real intention of staying; however, when the Communists take over China in 1949, Ralph Chang begins to look at the American dream in a whole new light. |
| Subject |
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
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Chinese American families -- Fiction.
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China -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
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Chinese American families. (OCoLC)fst00857234
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Chinese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00857249
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Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| ISBN |
9780307389220 (paperback) |
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0307389227 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9780307389220 |
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