Subject: Chinese Americans--California--Personal narratives

Bitter melon : stories from the last rural Chinese town in America
AuthorGillenkirk, JeffMotlow, JamesChan, Sucheng
PlaceSeattle
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfStacks
Call NumberF869.L67 G55 1987
Description142, [1] p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm
NoteBitter melon : stories from the last rural Chinese town in America / Jeff Gillenkirk, James Motlow ; introduction by Sucheng Chan.
Bibliography: p. [143].
ISBN0295965002
LCCN87-10418
Fifth Chinese daughter
AuthorWong, Jade Snow
PlaceSeattle, London
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
ShelfStacks
Call NumberNK4210.W55 A2 1989
Description246 p. : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note

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

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 person as well as a female -- Girl meets boy -- A measure 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 for one thousand days."

ISBN9780295745916