Oldest daughter Leila tells the story: of her sister Ona, who has ended her young, conflicted life by jumping from the roof of a Chinatown housing project; of her mother Mah, a seamstress in a garment shop run by a "Chinese Elvis"; of Leon, her father, a merchant seaman who ships out frequently; and the family's youngest, Nina, who has escaped to New York by working as a flight attendant. With Ona and Nina gone, it is up to Leila to lay the bones of the family's collective guilt to rest, and find some way to hope again.
year: 1994, 2008
call number/section: 1000
subjects: chinese americans, san francisco, history, fiction, chinese american families, family life, san francisco (calif.), domestic fiction, san francisco (calif.), history, fiction, fiction, guilt, chinese american, san francisco (calif.)
Editions
Ng, Fae Myenne
HarperPerennial (1994)
The story of two generations of the Leong family living in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown in an uneasy tension.
Schools: 1
Ng, Fae Myenne
Hyperion (2008)
Oldest daughter Leila tells the story: of her sister Ona, who has ended her young, conflicted life by jumping from the roof of a Chinatown housing project; of her mother Mah, a seamstress in a garment shop run by a "Chinese Elvis"; of Leon, her father, a merchant seaman who ships out frequently; and the family's youngest, Nina, who has escaped to New York by working as a flight attendant. With Ona and Nina gone, it is up to Leila to lay the bones of the family's collective guilt to rest, and find some way to hope again.
Schools: 0