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Fifth Chinese Daughter
by Jade Snow Wong
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- 1990
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- 246 PAGES
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First published in 1945, Jade Snow Wong's memoir is a classic for all ages. Narrated in the third person, this book is a simply told, moving story of family life in pre-WWII San Francisco Chinatown. Mr. Wong, the patriarch, slowly adapts to his new American home, but he retains his old-world beliefs about gender roles and the importance of propriety. Fortunately his fifth daughter defied convention, attended college and wrote this evocative portrait of early Chinatown.
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