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May 09, 2017susanchyn rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Important when it came out in 1989; less so, now. Parts of this second-generation Chinese mother-daughter tale are poignant. The myths and stories from the Chinese who fled to San Francisco, and their "American" daughters, are resonant. Front and center is the relationship between June and her mom... the other three families sort of fall by the wayside, making this text less coherent than it could have been. Still, immigrant experiences-- what they leave behind, what they bring to the new country, what get passed on to daughters-- will always be worth reading about.